Lancaster I LL894 - The North Sea                                                              Updated: 11 OCT 2021
 

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777708.htm Beadle R E P/O RAF 625 p315.htm LAN LL894 Minelaying The North Sea d160544 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a014231.htm Dix A L Sgt RAF 625 p315.htm LAN LL894 Minelaying The North Sea d160544 b190644 c014.htm Esbjerg
e777710.htm Lawson H R Sgt RCAF 625 p315.htm LAN LL894 Minelaying The North Sea d160544 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777711.htm McDonough F N F/Sgt RAAF 625 p315.htm LAN LL894 Minelaying The North Sea d160544 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777709.htm Merrall W R F/O RCAF 625 p315.htm LAN LL894 Minelaying The North Sea d160544 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777713.htm Potter J Sgt RAF 625 p315.htm LAN LL894 Minelaying The North Sea d160544 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777712.htm Wilkinson E Sgt RAF 625 p315.htm LAN LL894 Minelaying The North Sea d160544 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN

 
Den 16. maj 1944 styrtede
LAN LL894 ned i Nordsøen under en minelægningsoperation nær Kiel. (Kilde: p315MACR)
Se Minelægningsområder i farver med det gule område Wallflower = Kiel Bugt. Ingen overlevende.

Sgt Dix blev fundet drevet ind nær Sønderho på Fanø (omkring her). Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 19. juni 1944. (Kilde: FAF)

1 flyver fra LAN LL894 blev begravet i Esbjerg. 6 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.

7 flyvere.

On 16 May 1944 LAN LL894 crashed in the North Sea on a minelaying operation near Kiel. No survivors. (Source: p315MACR)
See Minelaying areas in colour with the yellow area Wallflower = Kiel Bay.

Sgt Dix was found washed ashore near Sønderho on Fanø (about here). He was buried in Esbjerg on 19 June 1944. (Source: FAF)

1 airman from LAN LL894 was buried in Esbjerg. 6 airmen have no known grave.

This Lancaster was from No. 625 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia.

Lancaster I LL894 CF-T took off from RAF Kelstern at 2202 hrs on 15 MAY 1944. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)  See Lancaster Photos.  

7 airmen.