Lancaster III PB180 - The Baltic Sea                                                        Updated: 14 JAN 2022

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e444047.htm Baxter W S P/O RAAF 007 p347.htm LAN PB180 Bomb G The Baltic Sea d270844 e444 e444.htm GERMANY
e444048.htm Butson J F P/O RAF 007 p347.htm LAN PB180 Bomb G The Baltic Sea d270844 e444 e444.htm GERMANY
e777745.htm Fisher D R P/O RAAF 007 p347.htm LAN PB180 Bomb G The Baltic Sea d270844 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777744.htm Godfray M G F/Sgt RAF 007 p347.htm LAN PB180 Bomb G The Baltic Sea d270844 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e222024.htm Smaill W B F/Lt RNZAF 007 p347.htm LAN PB180 Bomb G The Baltic Sea d270844 e222m e222m.htm Malmø, S
e777746.htm Twell N F/Sgt RAF 007 p347.htm LAN PB180 Bomb G The Baltic Sea d270844 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a051001.htm Wooliscroft A K F/Sgt RAF 007 p347.htm LAN PB180 Bomb G The Baltic Sea d270844 b180944 c051.htm Lyderslev


Den 27. august 1944 styrtede LAN PB180 i Østersøen eller den sydlige del af Øresund. Hele besætningen omkom. p347MACR
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:

"382 RAF bombefly bombede de centrale dele af Kiel, og 17 Lancasters gik tabt. PB180 gik tabt over Østersøen, og liget af flight engineer
F/Sgt Albert Kenneth Wooliscroft drev i land ved Fællesskov rev (omkring her) den 15. september 1944. Tre dage senere blev han begravet på
Lyderslev kirkegård." (FT 88-41-32)

1 flyver fra LAN PB180 er begravet i Lyderslev, 1 i Malmø, Sverige, 2 i Kiel, Tyskland og 3 har ingen kendt grav. Se Lancaster fotos. 7 flyvere.

On 27 August 1944 LAN PB180 crashed in the Baltic Sea or the southern part of the Øresund. All of the crew perished. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:

"382 bombers from the RAF bombed the central parts of Kiel and 17 Lancasters were lost. PB180 was lost over the Baltic Sea.
On 15 September 1944 the body of F/Sgt (Flight Engineer) Albert Kenneth Wooliscroft drifted ashore at Fællesskov Rev (about here).
Three days later he was buried in Lyderslev Churchyard." (FT 88-41-32)

1 airman from LAN PB180 is buried in Lyderslev, 1 in Malmø, Sweden, 2 in Kiel, Germany and 3 airmen have no known grave.

See Lancaster * Lancaster Photos * No. 7 Squadron RAF -Wikipedia * 7 Squadron Association * IBCC has operational details at each airman.
 Lancaster III PB180 MG-F took off from RAF Oakington at 20:03 on 26 AUG 1944. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this) 7 airmen.