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.
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