Lancaster III PB436 - Near Trend Updated: 11 JAN 2024
Airman | Surname | Init | Rank | Service | Sqdn | P_link | Plane | Operation | Crash_site | Crash_d | Buried_d | C_link | At_Next |
o888381.htm | Bragg | D A | Sgt | RAF | 61 | p369.htm | LAN PB436 | Bomb G | Gunderup at Trend | d300844 | o888 | o888.htm | POW |
o888380.htm | Finch | F E | Sgt | RAF | 61 | p369.htm | LAN PB436 | Bomb G | Gunderup at Trend | d300844 | o888 | o888.htm | POW |
o888379.htm | Harris | E | Sgt | RAF | 61 | p369.htm | LAN PB436 | Bomb G | Gunderup at Trend | d300844 | o888 | o888.htm | POW |
v999083.htm | Loneon | B F | F/Sgt | RAF | 61 | p369.htm | LAN PB436 | Bomb G | Gunderup at Trend | d300844 | v999 | v999.htm | EVD to S |
o888382.htm | Longhurst | J C | Sgt | RAF | 61 | p369.htm | LAN PB436 | Bomb G | Gunderup at Trend | d300844 | o888 | o888.htm | POW |
v999082.htm | Wilson | HWD | Sgt | RAF | 61 | p369.htm | LAN PB436 | Bomb G | Gunderup at Trend | d300844 | v999 | v999.htm | EVD to S |
o888383.htm | Winkley | W G | Sgt | RAF | 61 | p369.htm | LAN PB436 | Bomb G | Gunderup at Trend | d300844 | o888 | o888.htm | POW |
Den 20-årige navigatør, Sgt. Henry William Daniel Wilson, var imidlertid landet ved Vadgaard kun tre km fra nedstyrtningsstedet, og her fik han hurtigt kontakt med venligtsindede danskere. F/Sgt. Loneon var landet i Trend skov, og næste dag kom han i kontakt med en husmand fra Stistrup. Efter et par dage kom de to flyvere til dyrlægen i Farsø, og herfra gik turen videre til København, hvor de med båd blev transporteret til Sverige den 12. september 1944. Kun en uge senere returnerede de to heldige flyvere til England. Her blev Sgt. Wilson forflyttet til 9 BS, hvor han forblev indtil krigens slutning, mens F/Sgt. Loneon rejste tilbage til Australien." (FT 91-5-32) 2 flyvere
flygtede og 5
flyvere
blev
ført til
Tyske krigsfangelejre.
"29 - 30 August 1944 (At
02.10 hours). Gunderupgaard, 14
km S of
Løgstør.
Lancaster B.III, PB436 (QR-D). At 20.19 hours F/Sgt Bruce Frank Loneon and his
crew took off on their 6th raid. On the night between 26 and 27 August they had
participated in the bombing raid on Königsberg, so they were prepared for the
flight of nearly 11 hours. The outward flight and the attack were uneventful, and
on the return flight the crew were already looking forward to breakfast when shortly after having passed the east coast of Jutland near the Mariager
Fjord they were hit by German flak. The inner starboard engine immediately caught
fire and F/Sgt Loneon very soon had to order the crew to bail out. However, Navigator Sgt Henry William Daniel Wilson had landed at the farm Vadgaard only 3 km from the crash site, and here he soon contacted friendly Danes. F/Sgt Loneon had landed in the Trend Forest, and the next day he contacted a smallholder from Stistrup. After a couple of days the 2 airmen came to the vet in Farsø. From here the journey went on to Copenhagen. On 12 September 1944 they were taken to Sweden by boat. Only a week later the lucky airmen returned to England. Here Sgt Wilson was posted to 9 BS where he remained for the duration of the war, while F/Sgt Loneon travelled back to Australia." (FT 91-5-32) 2 airmen escaped
and 4 airmen were
taken to
German POW-Camps. See
No.
61 Squadron in Wikipedia
*
No. 50 & 61 Squadrons
Association * Lancaster photos. |