Lancaster III ND682 - Kattegat                                                                Updated: 17 JAN 2022

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e222015.htm Barratt E F/O RAF 106 p384.htm LAN ND682 Minelaying The Kattegat d161244 e222p e222p.htm Pålsjö, S
e777217.htm Berry A F/Sgt RAF 106 p384.htm LAN ND682 Minelaying The Kattegat d161244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777214.htm Calvert C P F/Sgt RAAF 106 p384.htm LAN ND682 Minelaying The Kattegat d161244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777215.htm Day REB Sgt RAF 106 p384.htm LAN ND682 Minelaying The Kattegat d161244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a002005.htm Emerson JFW Sgt RAF 106 p384.htm LAN ND682 Minelaying The Kattegat d161244 b070345 c002.htm Anholt
e777216.htm Green P E Sgt RAF 106 p384.htm LAN ND682 Minelaying The Kattegat d161244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777218.htm Towle E G F/Sgt RAF 106 p384.htm LAN ND682 Minelaying The Kattegat d161244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


Den 16. december 1944 kl. 03:53 styrtede LAN ND682 ned i Kattegat, måske omkring her. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:

"15.-16. december 1944 (Kl. 03:53). Sydlige del af Kattegat. Lancaster Mk. III ND682 (ZN- ). 106 BS, 5 BG, Metheringham, Lincs. (Minering ved Gdynia)
5 MIA og 2 KIA (Anholt og Pålsjo, Sverige)

15 Lancasters og 8 Halifaxes skulle kaste miner i danske farvande og i Østersøen. ND682 blev skudt ned i den sydøstlige del af Kattegat af en Ju88 ført af Major Werner Husemann fra I/NJG3 (Grove). Flight engineer Sgt. John Frederick Emerson blev fundet den 6. marts 1945 ca. 8 sømil syd for Anholt, og han blev begravet den næste dag på Anholt kirkegård. Piloten, F/O Edgar Barrett blev fundet ved Kulla Gunnarstorp (nær Kulla Gunnarstorp Slot)  i Sverige og begravet på Pålsjö kirkegård ved Helsingborg den 7. marts 1945. Resten af besætningen har ingen kendt grav." (FT 88-42-38)
Se Lancaster fotos * p384MACR * Minelægningsområder.
7 flyvere.

On 16 December 1944 at 03:53 LAN ND682 crashed into the Kattegat, maybe about here. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:

"15 -16 December 1944 at 03:53. Southern part of the Kattegat. Lancaster Mk. III ND682 (ZN- ). 106 BS, 5 BG, Metheringham, Lincs.
(Gardening at Gdynia) 5 MIA and 2 KIA (Anholt and Pålsjo, Sweden)

15 Lancasters and 8 Halifaxes were on a minelaying operation to Danish waters and the Baltic Sea. ND682 was shot down over the south eastern part of the Kattegat (by a Ju88 piloted by Major Werner Husemann from I/NJG3 (Grove). On 6 March 1945 Flight engineer Sgt. John Frederick Emerson was found  about 8 nautical miles south of Anholt, and he was buried the next day in Anholt Cemetery. Pilot, F/O Edgar Barrett was found at Kulla Gunnarstorp (near 
Kulla Gunnarstorp Castle) in Sweden and buried in Pålsjö Cemetery at Helsingborg on 7 March 1945. The rest of the crew have no known grave." (FT 88-42-38)

See  Lancaster * Lancaster photos * No. 106 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * No. 106 Squadron (RAF) during the Second World War * Minelaying areas *  p384MACR.
Lancaster III ND682 ZN-K took off from RAF Metheringham at 00:45 on 15 DEC 1944. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this)  7 airmen.