Lancaster I W4786 - Gejlbjerg Updated: 19 FEB 2023
Airman | Surname | Init | Rank | Service | Sqdn | P_link | Plane | Operation | Crash_site | Crash_d | Buried_d | C_link | At_Next |
a113039.htm | Canterbury | G T | Sgt | RAF | 103 | p127.htm | LAN W4786 | Minelaying | Gejlbjerg | d171242 | b221242 | c113.htm | Aabenraa |
a113040.htm | Collins | F R | Sgt | RAF | 103 | p127.htm | LAN W4786 | Minelaying | Gejlbjerg | d171242 | b221242 | c113.htm | Aabenraa |
a113041.htm | Frater | N | Sgt | RAF | 103 | p127.htm | LAN W4786 | Minelaying | Gejlbjerg | d171242 | b221242 | c113.htm | Aabenraa |
a113042.htm | Hewitt | S T | F/O | RAF | 103 | p127.htm | LAN W4786 | Minelaying | Gejlbjerg | d171242 | b221242 | c113.htm | Aabenraa |
a113043.htm | Hollinsworth | J A | Wt/O | RCAF | 103 | p127.htm | LAN W4786 | Minelaying | Gejlbjerg | d171242 | b221242 | c113.htm | Aabenraa |
a113044.htm | Macdonald | A D | Wt/O | RCAF | 103 | p127.htm | LAN W4786 | Minelaying | Gejlbjerg | d171242 | b160143 | c113.htm | Aabenraa |
a113045.htm | Smith | H B | P/O | RAF | 103 | p127.htm | LAN W4786 | Minelaying | Gejlbjerg | d171242 | b111111 | c113.htm | Aabenraa |
Flyet styrtede ned
her
(ved Gyvelvej 39, 6780 Skærbæk. Kilde: Peter Lund) ved Gejlbjerg nordøst for
Skærbæk (her) den 17. december 1942. Flere beboere såredes, Se Lancaster fotos * Minelægningsområder * p127MACR. 7 flyvere.
This Lancaster was shot down by a German
night fighter during a minelaying operation to the Great Belt (about
here). A.D. MacDonald was found under the wreck of the
plane. He was buried on 16 January 1943. It is not known when Pilot H.B. Smith
was buried. See
No. 103 Squadron
RAF - Wikipedia * Lancaster photos
*
Minelaying areas.
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