Lancaster III ED557 - Storebælt                                                              Updated: 07 JAN 2022

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777285.htm Cooper B M Sgt RAF 100 p156.htm LAN ED557 Bomb G Storebælt d200443 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777284.htm Herring G B F/O RAAF 100 p156.htm LAN ED557 Bomb G Storebælt d200443 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777286.htm Hodges A M Sgt RAF 100 p156.htm LAN ED557 Bomb G Storebælt d200443 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777287.htm Houston S J Sgt RAF 100 p156.htm LAN ED557 Bomb G Storebælt d200443 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777282.htm Jones W A F/Lt RAF 100 p156.htm LAN ED557 Bomb G Storebælt d200443 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777283.htm Ling D R Sgt RAF 100 p156.htm LAN ED557 Bomb G Storebælt d200443 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a048006.htm Walker C Sgt RAF 100 p156.htm LAN ED557 Bomb G Storebælt d200443 b010543 c048.htm K - Bispebjerg


Den 21. april 1943 kl. 02.10 styrtede LAN ED557 ned i Storebælt måske omkring her på hjemturen fra Stettin (Szczecin). Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:

"20.-21. april 1943 (02.10) Storebælt. Lancaster B.III ED557 (11W-Y). 100 BS, 1 BG, Waltham (Grimsby), Lincs. (Stettin) 6 MIA og 1 MA (Bispebjerg).
Flyet havde over radioen meddelt, at det var ramt af flak over målområdet. Under returflyvning blev flere fly rapporteret nedskudt over Storebælt,
og ED557 var et af disse fly.
Liget af bombekasteren, Sgt. Clifford Walker, blev fundet i Samsø Bælt den 28. april. Resten af besætningen er aldrig fundet." (FT 88-32-8)

7 flyvere. Se Lancaster fotos og Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.

At 02:10 on 21 April 1943 LAN ED557 crashed into the Storebælt maybe about here on the return trip from Stettin (Szczecin). (Danish) Aviation Historical Review:

"20 -21 April 1943 (02.10) Storebælt. Lancaster B.III ED557 (11W-Y). 100 BS, 1 BG, Waltham (Grimsby), Lincs. (Stettin) 6 MIA and 1 MA (Bispebjerg).
Over the radio the plane had reported that it had been hit by flak in the target area. Several planes were reported shot down over the Storebælt on the return flight.
ED557 was one of these planes.

The body of Sergeant (Bomb Aimer) Clifford Walker was found in the Samsø Bælt on 28 April. The rest of the crew have never been found. " (FT 88-32-8)

See Lancaster * Lancaster Photos * No.100 Squadron RAF * 100 Squadron Association * RAF-Lincolnshire with RAF Grimsby * Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.
Lancaster III ED557 HW-Y took off from RAF Grimsby at 21:57 on 20 APR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this) 7 airmen.