G. A. Donovan                                                                                         Updated: 04 JAN 2022

Airman: o888543.htm Surname: Donovan Init: G A Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 15

P_link: p089.htm Plane: STI W7524 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Off Esbjerg,5 kmSE

Crash_d: d160742 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

Den 16. juli 1942 styrtede STI W7524 "i havet 6,4 km SV for udløbet af Sneum Å". (p089MACR - omkring her).
(Kilde: Kortet Flystyrt ved Esbjerg af Torben Thorsen og Morten S. Jensen) Flyet var på bombetogt til Lübeck.
De omkomne besætningsmedlemmer blev begravet i Esbjerg.

De 2 overlevende flyvere blev taget til fange. (Kilde: FAF)
p089MACR: "To sårede besætningsmedlemmer reddet af danske myndigheder ved Sønderho, Fanø." 
"Sgt G.A.Donovan blev interneret i lejrene 8B/344 Lamsdorf med Sgt L.C.Masfen" (Lost Bombers)

6 flyvere fra STI W7524 blev begravet i Esbjerg. 2 blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.
8 flyvere. 

On 16 July 1942 STI W7524 "crashed in sea 4 miles due SW of the mouth of River Sneum".(p089MACR - about here).
(Source: The map Air Crashes at Esbjerg by Torben Thorsen and Morten S. Jensen) The plane was on a bombing raid on Lübeck.
The perished crew members were buried in Esbjerg.

The 2 surviving airmen were taken prisoners. (Source: FAF)
p089MACR: "Two injured crew members rescued by the authorities (Danish) at Sønderho, Fanø Island."
"Sgt G.A.Donovan was interned in Camps 8B/344 Lamsdorf with Sgt L.C.Masfen" (Lost Bombers)

6 airmen from STI W7524 were buried in Esbjerg. 2 were taken to German POW-Camps.

See No. 15 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * Short Stirling.
Stirling I W7524 LA-D took off from RAF Wyton at 18.40 hrs on 16 JUL 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this including Archive Report.)
8 airmen.