Jack Read                                                                                                 Updated: 10 MAY 2021

Airman: o888531.htm Surname: Read Init: J Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 207

P_link: p099.htm Plane: LAN R5616 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Sea S of Mandø

Crash_d: d170842 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

Den 17. august 1942 styrtede LAN R5616 ned ved Mandø (omkring her). (Kilde: p099MACR)

Flyet var på en minelægningsoperation, da det blev skudt ned af en tysk natjager.
6 omkomne besætningsmedlemmer blev begravet i Esbjerg den 22. august 1942.
1 overlevende flyver blev taget til fange. (Kilde: FAF) Se Minelægningsområder.

Sgt J.Read var alvorligt såret og tilbragte 7 måneder i Obermassfeld før han blev interneret i de
Tyske krigsfangelejre   9C Bad Sulza / L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel. (Kilde: Lost Bombers)

Se Lancaster fotos. 7 flyvere.

On 17 August 1942  LAN R5616 crashed near Mandø (about here). (Source: p099MACR)

The plane was on a minelaying operation when it was shot down by a German night fighter.
6 perished crew members were buried in Esbjerg on 22 August 1942.
1 surviving airman became a prisoner of war. (Source: FAF) See Minelaying areas.

Sgt J.Read was severely injured and spent seven months at Obermassfeld before internment in
the German POW-Camps 9C Bad Sulza / L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel. (Source: Lost Bombers)

See No. 207 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * 207 Squadron Royal Air Force History * Lancaster Photos.
Lancaster I R5616 EM-J took off from RAF Bottesford at 21.00 hrs on 16 AUG 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)
7 airmen.