E. J. Phillips                                                                                               Updated: 12 MAY 2022
 

Airman: o888457.htm Surname: Phillips Init: E J Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 10

P_link: p149.htm Plane: HAL JB930 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Near Esbjerg

Crash_d: d200443 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

  Den 21. april 1943 kl. 23.33 nødlandede HAL JB930 nær Esbjerg ved Gammelby/Velbæk ikke langt fra søgelyset i Maade (omkring her).
(Kilde: AOD og kortet Flystyrt ved Esbjerg af Torben Thorsen og Morten S. Jensen)

Det blev ramt af flak på vej til at bombe Stettin.

Alle 7 flyvere overlevede og blev sendt til Tyske krigsfangelejre. Sgt E. J. Phillips var på hospital grundet kvæstelser. (Lost Bombers)

Se Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.
Halifax Print og folk bag en Halifax klar til en mission.

On 21 April 1943 at 23.33 hours HAL JB930 made a forced landing near Esbjerg at Gammelby/Velbæk not far from the searchlight in Maade (about here).
(Source: AOD and the map Air Crashes at Esbjerg by Torben Thorsen and Morten S. Jensen)

It was hit by flak on the outward leg of a bombing raid on Stettin.

All 7 airmen survived. They were taken to
German POW-Camps.  Sgt E. J. Phillips was confined in hospital due to injuries. (Lost Bombers)

See No. 10 Squadron RAF - WikipediaRAF 10 Squadron Association * Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943 * Air-raid warnings in Esbjerg.
Halifax-BC Museum.Canada * Halifax-RAF Museum * Halifax-The Yorkshire Air Museum. See Halifax Print and Halifax - Bless 'Em All.


Halifax II JB930 ZA-H took off from RAF Melbourne at 21:24 on 20 APR 1943 targeting Stettin. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)  7 airmen.