Den 8. december 1942 styrtede
LAN W4782
ned ved Novrup (omkring
her) øst
for Esbjerg.
(Kilde: Kortet Flystyrt ved Esbjerg af
Torben Thorsen og Morten S. Jensen)
Det var under en minelægningsoperation i Storebælt, se
Minelægningsområder. (Kilde:
p126MACR)
3 omkomne flyvere blev fundet i maskinens vrag. De blev begravet i Esbjerg den
12. december 1942.
4 overlevende besætningsmedlemmer blev taget til fange.
(Kilde: FAF) De blev
ført til
Tyske krigsfangelejre.
"Sgt W.E.Currier blev interneret i lejrene L1
Barth / 7A Moosburg / 4B Mühlberg.
Sgt R.F.Johncock i lejrene L1 Barth / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel.
Sgt R.O.S.Lucas i lejr L1 Barth.
Sgt D.F.MacDonald i lejrene L1 Barth / L6 Heydekrug / L4 Gross Tychow." (Lost
Bombers)
Se Lancaster fotos. 7
flyvere.
On 8 November 1942
LAN W4782 crashed at Novrup (about
here)
east of Esbjerg. It was on a minelaying operation to the area Asparagus, see
Minelaying areas. (Source:
p126MACR)
3 perished airmen were found in the wreckage. They were buried in Esbjerg on 12
December 1942.
4 surviving crew members were captured. (Source: FAF) They
were
taken to
German POW-Camps.
"Sgt W.E.Currier was interned in Camps
L1 Barth /
7A Moosburg /
4B Mühlberg.
Sgt R.F.Johncock in Camps L1 Barth /
L6 Heydekrug
/ 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel.
Sgt R.O.S.Lucas in Camp L1 Barth.
Sgt D.F.MacDonald in Camps L1 Barth /
L6 Heydekrug
/ L4 Gross Tychow."
(Lost Bombers)
See
No. 101 Squadron
RAF - Wikipedia and Lancaster photos,
Lancaster I W4782 SR-J
took off from
RAF
Holme-on-Spalding Moor on 08 DEC 1942. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered
has
this.) 7 airmen.
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