R. O. S. Lucas                                                                                           Updated: 11 MAY 2021

Airman: o888450.htm Surname: Lucas Init: ROS Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 101

P_link: p126.htm Plane: LAN W4782 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Novrup near Esbjerg

Crash_d: d081242 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

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.