Lancaster I LL950 - Vesterlund                    Vesterlund 1944 - 2019                                            Updated: 01 MAY 2023

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a014234.htm Bailey R W P/O RAF 630 p324.htm LAN LL950 Minelaying Vesterlund d220544 b270544 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014235.htm Henderson J M F/Sgt RAF 630 p324.htm LAN LL950 Minelaying Vesterlund d220544 b270544 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014236.htm Lindsay J Sgt RAF 630 p324.htm LAN LL950 Minelaying Vesterlund d220544 b270544 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014237.htm Murton M E Sgt RAF 630 p324.htm LAN LL950 Minelaying Vesterlund d220544 b270544 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014238.htm Richardson C H F/Sgt RAF 630 p324.htm LAN LL950 Minelaying Vesterlund d220544 b270544 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014239.htm Truesdale A E F/O RAF 630 p324.htm LAN LL950 Minelaying Vesterlund d220544 b270544 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014240.htm Whiting J M P/O RAF 630 p324.htm LAN LL950 Minelaying Vesterlund d220544 b270544 c014.htm Esbjerg


  Denne Lancaster, LAN LL950, på minelægningsoperation natten til den 22. maj 1944 blev skudt i brand af en tysk natjager over Midtjylland og styrtede ned
lige vest for Vesterlund (her Kilde: David Whiting - Monument rejst her). En del af flykroppen blev fundet øst for Dørken by (faktisk her 700 m NV for Dørken, se mere).
Alle ombordværende blev dræbt. De dræbte flyvere blev begravet i Esbjerg den 27. maj 1944. (Kilde: FAF) 
De blev begravet i en fællesgrav A.12.18-24. (Kilde: CWGC)  HISTORIEN 2017 baseret på en række kilder. Natoperationerne 21-22 maj 1944*2023 Map + LL950.
Se Google Map p324 Lancaster LL950.  Øjenvidneskildring 1946 * Historien 1946 * Et dystert minde 1969 * Historien 1986 * Historien 1994 * Information 2017

Se avisartikel, politirapport og Meldinger fra Landscentralen modtaget fra Arne Mosgaard. Se foto af R.W. Bailey, J.M. Whiting og andre.  Minelægningsområder.

Se mindesten med inskription og sten for de 7 flyvere inde mellem træerne. Se også Lancaster fotos og Google Map 57 + 630 Squadron. Se p324MACR. 7 flyvere.

 On a minelaying operation on the night before 22 May 1944 LAN LL950 was shot down by a German night fighter over Jutland, caught fire and crashed just
west of Vesterlund (here - Source; David Whiting - Monument erected here, overview here and here.) A part of the fuselage was found east of the village of Dørken
(as a matter of fact here 700 m NW of Dørken, see more). All on board perished. The killed airmen were buried in Esbjerg on 27 May 1944. (Source: FAF)
They were buried in Collective grave A. 12. 18-24. (Source: CWGC)
THE STORY 2017 based on a number of sources. See The night operations 21-22 MAY 1944 and 2023 Map + LL950 by Stuart Tamblin.
See Google Map p324 Lancaster LL950 *Eye witness account 1946 * The story 1946 * A gloomy memory 1969 * The story 1986 * The story 1994 * Information 2017.

See newspaper article and police report and Reports about a crashed aircraft received from Arne Mosgaard. See photo of R.W. Bailey, J.M. Whiting and others.  
See documents and photos from David Whiting: 1945*1946,1*1946,2*1948*1949*1986*Awards*DW+Medals*1994*2014. See also Minelaying areas.

The memorial stone with inscription and the stones to the 7 airmen are among the trees. See also Google Map 57 + 630 Squadron with LAN ME650 Skarrild.

See No. 630 Squadron RAF*630 Squadron Home Page*57 & 630 Squadrons' Association*Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre*Lancaster Photos*Minelaying areas.

Lancaster I LL950 LE-Y took off from RAF East Kirkby at 22.18 hrs on 21 MAY 1944. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) See also p324MACR. 7 airmen.