Lancaster I W4187 - Skallingen                     Esbjerg - Varde                                  Updated: 10 MAY 2021
 

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a014061.htm Dowden N E Sgt RAF 44 p117.htm LAN W4187 Bomb G Skallingen d011042 b071042 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014062.htm Hereford P F/Sgt RAF 44 p117.htm LAN W4187 Bomb G Skallingen d011042 b071042 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014063.htm Nugent C G F/Sgt RCAF 44 p117.htm LAN W4187 Bomb G Skallingen d011042 b071042 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014064.htm Rowe H R F/Sgt RAF 44 p117.htm LAN W4187 Bomb G Skallingen d011042 b071042 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014065.htm Stephens JDV F/O RAF 44 p117.htm LAN W4187 Bomb G Skallingen d011042 b071042 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014066.htm Tate J E F/O RAF 44 p117.htm LAN W4187 Bomb G Skallingen d011042 b071042 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014067.htm Williamson REW Sgt RAF 44 p117.htm LAN W4187 Bomb G Skallingen d011042 b071042 c014.htm Esbjerg


Den 1. oktober 1942 kl. 21.08 styrtede LAN W4187 ned på Skallingen (omkring her). (Kilde: Kortet Flystyrt ved Esbjerg af Torben Thorsen og Morten S. Jensen)
Det var på bombetogt til Wismar. Ingen overlevende. (Kilde: p117MACR)

Alle 7 flyvere blev begravet i Esbjerg den 7. oktober 1942. (Kilde: FAF)

Se Lancaster fotos.


On 1 October 1942 at 2108 hours  LAN W4187 crashed on Skallingen (about here).
(Source: The map Air Crashes at Esbjerg by Torben Thorsen and Morten S. Jensen)
It was on a bombing raid on Wismar.  No survivors. (Source: p117MACR)

All 7 airmen were buried in Esbjerg on 7 October 1942. (Source: FAF)

See No. 44 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * No. 44 Squadron (RAF): Second World War * RAF-Lincolnshire.info: 44 Squadron * RAF Waddington now
Lancaster I W4187 KM-S took off from RAF Waddington at 18.00 hrs on 01 OCT 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)  Lancaster Photos

7 airmen.