L. C. Masfen Updated: 04 JAN 2022
Airman: o888544.htm Surname: Masfen Init: L C 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.