Se monument
på Gram Kirkegård rejst
her og
kirken
på nettet.
"I forbindelse med en mineudlægningsoperation natten til den 19. april 1944 blev
en Stirling ramt af en tysk natjager.
Flyet nedstyrtede ved Jenning syd for Gram. (Jenning er
her.)
Sgt Woollam blev fundet dræbt straks om morgenen den 19. april 1944. Han blev
begravet den 21. april.
De 3 øvrige omkomne blev fundet i flyets vrag. Begravelsen fandt sted den 25.
april 1944 kl. 04.30.
Resten af besætningen, 3 mand, blev taget til fange." (FAF)
"Sgt
D.J.Hill blev sendt til lejrene L6/357, PoW No.3550. Sgt G.J.Irwin kom på
hospital på grund af kvæstelser. Intet krigsfangenummer.
Sgt J.E.L.McFarland kom til lejr L3, PoW No.4193."
(Lost Bombers)
4 flyvere fra STI EH955 blev begravet i Gram. 3
blev krigsfanger.
De blev sendt
til
Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Se også
Minelægningsområder.
7 flyvere.
See Monument to the airmen erected
here and
the church on the internet.
"On the night before 19 April 1944 a Stirling was hit by a German night fighter
in connection with a minelaying operation.
The plane crashed near Jenning south of Gram. (Jenning is
here.)
Sgt Woollam was found killed in the morning of 19 April 1944. He was buried on
21 April.
The 3 other deceased airmen were found in the wreck of the plane. The burial
took place on 25 April 1944 at 04:30.
The rest of the crew, 3 airmen, were captured." (FAF)
"Sgt D.J.Hill was interned in Camps
L6 /
357, PoW No.3550. Sgt
G.J.Irwin was confined in Hospital due injuries. No PoW No.
Sgt J.E.L.McFarland in Camp
L3, PoW No.4193."
(Lost Bombers)
4 airmen from
STI EH955 were buried in Gram. 3 were captured.
They were taken to
German POW-Camps.
See also
Minelaying areas.
See
No. 75 Squadron
RNZAF - Wikipedia * 75 Squadron
Association NZ + UK *
Google Map planesRNZAF
Stirling
III EH955 AA-K took off from RAF
Mepal at 20.41 hrs on 18 APR 1944. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.) See also p300MACR. 75(nz)squadron
has more, also
75(NZ) Squadron RAF Records from
April 1944, find
entry of 18.4.1944 and see that this plane with Captain
Murray failed to return.
7 airmen.
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