Lancaster III ED620 - Near Stadil                      RKSK                                Updated: 12 MAY 2023 

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a050019.htm Anderson A Sgt RAF 49 p150.htm LAN ED620 Bomb G Near Stadil d210443 b240443 c050.htm Lemvig
o888065.htm Barclay G Sgt RAF 49 p150.htm LAN ED620 Bomb G Near Stadil d210443 o888 o888.htm POW
o888067.htm Boulton G Sgt RAF 49 p150.htm LAN ED620 Bomb G Near Stadil d210443 o888 o888.htm POW
a050020.htm Cook W A Sgt RAF 49 p150.htm LAN ED620 Bomb G Near Stadil d210443 b240443 c050.htm Lemvig
a050021.htm Evans G J Sgt RAF 49 p150.htm LAN ED620 Bomb G Near Stadil d210443 b240443 c050.htm Lemvig
o888066.htm Heyworth J Sgt RAF 49 p150.htm LAN ED620 Bomb G Near Stadil d210443 o888 o888.htm POW
a050022.htm Telfer A Sgt RAF 49 p150.htm LAN ED620 Bomb G Near Stadil d210443 b240443 c050.htm Lemvig


Nedstyrtningsstedet er her omkring 400 m nordøst for Stadil Kirke, Stadilvej 31, 6980 Tim. (Kilde: Bent Bågøe Anthonisen). Se Fotos med informationstavler.

Den 20. april 1943 blev LAN ED620 ramt af flak på vejen til Stettin. Flyet forsøgte en nødlanding, men en vinge ramte jorden, så det nærmest blev en nedstyrtning.
De 4 dræbte flyvere, der alle ifølge dødsattesten havde kraniebrud, blev ført til Lemvig. De blev begravet af pastor J. Bendsen den 24. april 1943. (Kilde: FAF)

Sergeant (Air Gunner) G. Barclay og Sergeant (Air Gunner) J. Heyworth kom på Luftwaffe felthospital i Århus.
Senere blev de interneret i lejrene  9C / L6 / 357. (Kilde: Lost Bombers)
Sergeant G. Boulton kom på sygehuset i Ringkøbing. Senere blev han interneret i Stalag Luft 6, selv om han var såret, men han blev sendt tilbage til England i
maj 1944 sammen med andre krigsfanger, der var fysisk uegnede til tjeneste. (Kilde: Lost Bombers)
Se Brev fra George Boulton modtaget 16. december 2015 fra Niels Jørgen Lund Pedersen.
Se Adam Anderson med pilotvinger og fotos fra begravelsen af 4 flyvere fra LAN ED620 i Lemvig.

4 flyvere fra LAN ED620 blev begravet i Lemvig. 3 blev taget til fange, kom på sygehuse og så til Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Se Lancaster fotos og Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943. 7 flyvere.

The crash site is here about 400 m north east of Stadil Church, Stadilvej 31, 6980 Tim. (Source: Bent Bågøe Anthonisen). See Photos + information tables.
On 20 April 1943 LAN ED620 was hit by flak on its way to Stettin. It attempted a forced landing, but a wing hit the ground, so it was rather a crash.
The 4 killed airmen, who all according to their death certificates died from a fracture of the skull, were taken to Lemvig. They were buried by Vicar J. Bendsen on
24 April 1943. (Source: FAF)

Sergeant (Air Gunner) G. Barclay and Sergeant (Air Gunner) J. Heyworth were taken to the Luftwaffe Field Hospital in Aarhus.
Later they were interned in Camps 9C / L6 / 357. 
Sergeant G. Boulton was taken to a hospital in Ringkøbing. Later he was interned in Camp L6, although he was injured, but he was repatriated in May 1944 along
with other POWs who were medically unfit. (Source: Lost Bombers)      
See Letter from George Boulton received on 16 December 2015 from Niels Jørgen Lund Pedersen.   
See Adam Anderson with Pilot's Wings and photos from funeral of 4 airmen of LAN ED620 in Lemvig.

4 airmen from LAN ED620 were buried in Lemvig. 3 were captured, taken to hospitals and then to German POW-Camps.

See No. 49 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * 49 Squadron Association *   Lancaster * Lancaster Photos.
Lancaster III ED620 EA-K took off from RAF Fiskerton at 21.47 hrs on 20 APR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)
It had a Rolls-Royce Merlin variant 28 engine produced by Packard in the U.S.A. - see List of Rolls-Royce Merlin variants. Source: The RAF Museum, London)
See RAF-Lincolnshire.info about 49 Sqn and RAF Fiskerton. See also RAF Fiskerton HOME PAGE. See Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.  7 airmen.