Stanley H. Butcher Updated: 07 MAR 2022
Airman: o888499.htm Surname: Butcher Init: S H Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 149
P_link: p084.htm Plane: STI N3752 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Rise near Aabenraa
Crash_d: d180542 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW
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 "På et minelægningstogt til »Forget-me-not« (Kiel 
Bugt) natten mellem 17. og 18. maj 1942 mavelandede Stirling N3752 0 fra 149 
Sqdn. ved Rise, nordøst for Åbenrå. Mavelandingen skyldtes ikke tyske 
afværgeforanstaltninger, men en defekt højdemåler. Flyet fløj så lavt, at det 
ramte jorden. Besætningen Flight Sgt. Jerman, Flight Sgt. Butcher, Flight Sgt. 
Lauriston, Flight Sgt. Battle, Flight Sgt. Lewis, Flight Sgt. Sloane og Flight 
Sgt. Hoyland overlevede alle, omend Lauriston og Battle blev ret alvorligt 
kvæstet. Alle blev taget til fange." (Vestallierede Luftangreb s. 349) Se
Minelægningsområder *
Tyske krigsfangelejre * 
p084MACR med detaljer *
Short Stirling. 
 "On a minelaying operation to "Forget-me-not" (Kiel Bay) on 17 - 18 May 1942, Stirling N3752 0 of 149 Sqdn. belly-landed by Rise, northeast of Åbenrå. This misfortune owed nothing to German defensive action, but was due to a defective altimeter. Stirling 0 was flying so low that it brushed a hill. F/S Jerman, F/S Butcher, F/S Lauriston, F/S Battle, F/S Lewis, F/S Sloane, and F/S Hoyland all survived, but Lauriston and Battle were seriously injured. All were taken prisoners." (Vestallierede Luftangreb p. 349) See Minelaying areas and German POW-Camps. "Airborne 2210 17May42 from Lakenheath for mining operations in The Sound (Daffodils area). Crashed 0115, while flying low, onto a hillside near Rise, on the SE outskirts of Rodkro, Denmark." (Lost Bombers) "Sgt S.H.Butcher was interned in Camps L3 / L6 / 357. PoW No.37 with Sgt F.Hoyland, PoW No.59, Sgt A.T.Lewis, PoW No.69, Sgt J.E.Sloane, PoW No.91 and Sgt J.A.Jerman, PoW No.61." (Lost Bombers) See
No. 149 Squadron 
RAF - Wikipedia * 
Stirling  * p084MACR with details.  |