Halifax II JD269 - North of Esbjerg                  Esbjerg - Varde                                    Updated: 12 JUN 2022

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a014170.htm Maclean I F/O RAF 138 p221.htm HAL JD269 SOE to PL N of Esbjerg d140943 b210943 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014171.htm Milne AJM F/Lt RAF 138 p221.htm HAL JD269 SOE to PL N of Esbjerg d140943 b210943 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014172.htm Rollins P E P/O RAF 138 p221.htm HAL JD269 SOE to PL N of Esbjerg d140943 b210943 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014173.htm Scarles J R P/O RAF 138 p221.htm HAL JD269 SOE to PL N of Esbjerg d140943 b210943 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014174.htm Shuttleworth F F/Sgt RAF 138 p221.htm HAL JD269 SOE to PL N of Esbjerg d140943 b210943 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014175.htm Smyth E J Sgt RAF 138 p221.htm HAL JD269 SOE to PL N of Esbjerg d140943 b210943 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014176.htm Wilson T R P/O RAF 138 p221.htm HAL JD269 SOE to PL N of Esbjerg d140943 b210943 c014.htm Esbjerg


Den 14. september 1943 styrtede HAL JD269 brændende ned ved banelinjen 6 km nord for Esbjerg (omkring her).
(Kilde: Kortet Flystyrt ved Esbjerg af Torben Thorsen og Morten S. Jensen)
Flyet var på en våbenflyvning til den polske modstandsbevægelse. Hele besætningen omkom. De 7 flyvere blev begravet i Esbjerg den 21. september 1943. (Kilde: FAF)

"Flyet skudt ned kl. 21.38 af flak fra flåden omkring 6 km nord for Esbjerg nær jernbanelinjen Esbjerg-Varde. Ingen overlevende." (p221MACR)

De 3 polske agenter Kazimierz Lewko, Wladyslaw Siakiewiez og Ryszard Kazimierz Skowronski skulle nedkastes med faldskærm.
De omkom også ved styrtet. Se Foto af deres gravsten 20 FEB 2019. Ikke i databasen, da de ikke er flyvere. (Kilde: p221MACR MACR - blanket om savnet besætning)

"JD269 var et af fire Halifax-fly, der gik tabt den nat i forskellige operationer. Se: HR666; JD154; JN910.
At nedkaste 12 agenter, 22 pakker og 42 containere kostede livet for 26 flyvere fra 138 Squadron." (Lost Bombers)
Se Halifax Print og folk bag en Halifax klar til en mission.  7 flyvere.

On 14 September 1943 HAL JD269 crashed, burning, near the railway line 4 miles north of Esbjerg (about here).
(Source: The map Air Crashes at Esbjerg by Torben Thorsen and Morten S. Jensen)
The plane was on a supply operation to the Polish resistance movement. All of the crew perished.
The 7 airmen were buried in Esbjerg on 21 September 1943. (Source: FAF)

"Aircraft at 21.38 hrs shot down by navy flak about 4 miles north of Esbjerg near railway line Esbjerg-Varde. No survivors." (p221MACR)

Also 3 Polish parachutists Kazimierz Lewko, Wladyslaw Siakiewiez and Ryszard Kazimierz Skowronski perished in the crash.
See Photo of their headstones on 20 FEB 2019. Not in the database as they are not airmen. (Source: p221MACR MACR - Missing Air Crew Report)

"JD269 was one of four 138 Sqdn Halifaxes lost on this night in separate operations. See: HR666; JD154; JN910.
To drop twelve agents, 22 packages and 42 containers cost the lives of twenty-six 138 Sqdn airmen." (Lost Bombers) See Halifax Print and Halifax - Bless 'Em All.

See also No. 138 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * RAF Tempsford * Roll of Honour, Tempsford * Tempsford Special Duties Squadrons
Halifax II JD269 NF-Q took off from RAF Tempsford at 18:04 on 14 SEP 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) 7 airmen.