Lancaster III JA691 - Barsmark                                                              Updated: 20 MAY 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a113071.htm Buchanan N W F/Sgt RAAF 49 p209.htm LAN JA691 Bomb G Barsmark d180843 b210843 c113.htm Aabenraa
a113072.htm Fowlston R Sgt RAF 49 p209.htm LAN JA691 Bomb G Barsmark d180843 b210843 c113.htm Aabenraa
a113073.htm Freeman L F Sgt RAF 49 p209.htm LAN JA691 Bomb G Barsmark d180843 b210843 c113.htm Aabenraa
a113074.htm Henley L J Sgt RAF 49 p209.htm LAN JA691 Bomb G Barsmark d180843 b210843 c113.htm Aabenraa
a113075.htm Randall H J F/O RAF 49 p209.htm LAN JA691 Bomb G Barsmark d180843 b210843 c113.htm Aabenraa
a113076.htm Slaughter R W Sgt RAF 49 p209.htm LAN JA691 Bomb G Barsmark d180843 b210843 c113.htm Aabenraa
a113077.htm Stiles W J Sgt RAF 49 p209.htm LAN JA691 Bomb G Barsmark d180843 b210843 c113.htm Aabenraa


"Natten til den 18. august 1943 angreb næsten 600 RAF bombere den tyske forsøgsstation ved Peenemünde på øen Usedom, nord for Stettin.
Under returflyvningen fra dette mål blev 3 "Lancaster" fly skudt ned mellem kl. 02.54 og 03.11 af en og samme tyske natjager. Samtlige ombordværende britiske flyvere omkom." (FAF) Se beretning fra Pilot, Oberleutnant Hans Meisner modtaget fra Jørgen Jørgensen, Flystyrt.dk. Se kilden i p209MACR.

Se Det Historiske-Tekniske Museum i Peenemünde.

De 3 fly: LAN JA851 styrtede ned her ved Hellesø gård, LAN JA691 ved Barsmark her, og LAN EE117 ved Ustrup her.

Se monument rejst her for flyverne fra LAN JA691 ved nedstyrtningsstedet her.
Se også Lancaster fotos og p209MACR.

Airwar over Denmark har mere om dette fly og dets besætning.   Updated:  04 MAR 2026   7 flyvere.

"On the night before 18 August, 1943 nearly 600 RAF bombers attacked the German military test site at Peenemünde on the island of Usedom, north of Stettin.
During the return flight from this target 3 Lancasters were shot down between 02:54 and 03:11 by the very same German night fighter. All British airmen on board
perished." (FAF) See account from Pilot, Oberleutnant Hans Meisner received from Jørgen Jørgensen, Flystyrt.dk. See the source in p209MACR.
See The Historical Technical Museum in Peenemünde.   

The 3 planes: LAN JA851 crashed here at Hellesø gård, LAN JA691 at Barsmark here  and LAN EE117 at Ustrup here.

See monument here to the airmen from LAN JA691 at the crash site here.

49 Squadron Association has Personnel Index of this crew and details of its final raid.

See No. 49 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia*49 Squadron Association*RAF-Lincolnshire - 49 Sqn*Lancaster Photos*RAF Fiskerton HOME PAGE*RAF Fiskerton Airfield.
Lancaster III JA691 EA-L took off from RAF Fiskerton at 21:46 on 17 AUG 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) See p209MACR.

Airwar over Denmark has more about this plane and its crew.     Updated:  04 MAR 2026  7 airmen.