Lancaster III EE193 - Kattegat                                                                           Updated: 15 OCT 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777271.htm Anderson A Sgt RAF 550 p367.htm LAN EE193 Bomb G The Kattegat d300844 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777269.htm Ansell WHS Wt/O RAF 550 p367.htm LAN EE193 Bomb G The Kattegat d300844 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a077001.htm Battersby G W F/Sgt RAF 550 p367.htm LAN EE193 Bomb G The Kattegat d300844 b060944 c077.htm Reersø
e777274.htm Cameron C R F/O RCAF 550 p367.htm LAN EE193 Bomb G The Kattegat d300844 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777270.htm Hood IHR F/O RAF 550 p367.htm LAN EE193 Bomb G The Kattegat d300844 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777272.htm Parker E W Sgt RAF 550 p367.htm LAN EE193 Bomb G The Kattegat d300844 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777273.htm Tabuteau O Sgt RAF 550 p367.htm LAN EE193 Bomb G The Kattegat d300844 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


Den 30. august 1944 styrtede LAN EE193 i Kattegat, måske 5 km nordvest for Sejerø. Se p367MACR. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:

"403 RAF bombefly fløj til Stettin (Szczecin), medens 189 Lancasters bombede Königsberg (Kaliningrad). 38 Lancasters gik tabt.
Over den nordlige del af Storebælt rapporteredes et bombefly nedskudt af en tysk natjager ca. kl. 01.00.

Liget af flight engineer F/Sgt Geoffrey Wilkinson Battersby blev fundet ilanddrevet ved Reersø den 4. september (måske omkring her), og to dage senere
blev han begravet på Reersø Kirkegård. Resten af besætningen har ingen kendt grav." (FT 88-41-33)
TV-Kalundborg havde et indslag om mindehøjtidelighed 4. maj 2013 for Danmarks befrielse. Det er nu en tradition i Reersø.
Se Lancaster fotos og Operation 30 AUGUST 1944 - ruter og tab.

Airwar over Denmark har mere om dette fly og dets besætning.   Updated:  08 MAR 2026  7 flyvere.

On 30 August 1944 LAN EE193 crashed into the Kattegat, maybe 3 miles north west of Sejerø. See p367MACR. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:

"403 bombers from the RAF flew to Stettin (Szczecin) while 189 Lancasters bombed Königsberg (Kaliningrad). 38 Lancasters were lost.
At about 01:00 a bomber was reported shot down by a German night fighter over the northern part of the Storebælt.

On 4 September 1944 the body of F/Sgt (Flight Engineer) Geoffrey Wilkinson Battersby was found washed ashore at Reersø (maybe about here).
He was buried in Reersø Churchyard two days later. The rest of the crew have no known grave." (FT 88-41-33)
TV-Kalundborg had a TV-item about memorial ceremony on 4 May 2013 for the liberation of Denmark. Now it is a tradition in Reersø.

See  Operation 30 AUGUST 1944 - routes and losses * Lancaster * Lancaster Photos.
RAF North Killingholme at RAF-Lincolnshire.info * RAF 550 Squadron and RAF North Killingholme Association
Lancaster III EE193 BQ-C took off from RAF North Killingholme at 21:13 on 29 AUG 1944. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)

Airwar over Denmark has more about this plane and its crew.     Updated:  08 MAR 2026    7 airmen.