L. McKay                                                                                                  Updated: 17 MAR 2022

Airman: o888506.htm Surname: McKay Init: L Rank: F/Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 158

P_link: p070.htm Plane: WEL Z8521 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Near Højer

Crash_d: d290442 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

Den 29. april 1942 nødlandede WEL Z8521 nær Emmelev Kirke (der er her) nord for Højer.
Det var blev ramt af flak ved Esbjerg, mens det var på vej til at bombe Kiel.
De 5 flyvere blev taget til fange. 4 af dem den samme dag og den sidste blev fanget den næste dag. (Kilde: AOD)

De blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Sgt A.W.Abbott blev interneret i L9C Bad Sulza / L6 Heydekrug / L4 Gross Tychow.
Sgt W.H.Betts i L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Fallingbostel med Sgt G.Rees. P/O P.E.Gates i L3 Sagan.
F/S L.McKay i L3 Sagan / L1 Barth / L4 Gross Tychow. (Kilde: Lost Bombers)

5 flyvere.

On 29 April 1942 WEL Z8521 force landed near Emmelev Church (which is here) north of Højer.
It had been hit by flak at Esbjerg, while it was on the outward flight of a bombing raid on Kiel.
The 5 airmen were captured. 4 of them the same day and the last of them was captured the next day. (Source: AOD)

They were taken to German POW-Camps.
Sgt A.W.Abbott was interned in Camps 9C Bad Sulza / L6 Heydekrug / L4 Gross Tychow.
Sgt W.H.Betts in Camps L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Fallingbostel with Sgt G.Rees. P/O P.E.Gates in Camp L3 Sagan.
F/S L.McKay in Camps L3 Sagan / L1 Barth / L4 Gross Tychow. (Source: Lost Bombers)

No. 158 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * Wellington * 158 Squadron Association - Strength in Unity * Memorial to 158 Squadron stationed at RAF Lissett with videos.
Wellington II Z8521 NP-N took off from RAF Driffield at 22:02 on 28 APR 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)  p070MACR has more. 5 airmen.