Mustang Mk. III  FB158 (QV- )  -  Tranum Strand                              Updated: 18 JAN 2023
 

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777860.htm Warren W T F/Sgt RAF 019 p468.htm MUS FB158 Day ranger Tranum Strand d210544 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


Den 21. maj 1944 styrtede MUS FB158 ned omkring her 300 m fra kysten ved Tranum Strand. Piloten, F/Sgt William Thomas Warren omkom.
Flyet var fra 19 FS, 122 FW, 83 Group, 2 TAF, Funtington, Sussex. Det var på dag-patruljeflyvning til flyvestationerne Grove og Aalborg (her).

2 Mosquito-fly fra 418 Squadron eskorteret af 8 Mustang-fly fra 19 Fighter Squadron lettede kl. 14.00 fra RAF Funtingdon.

De allierede flyvere blev mødt af ild fra et tysk flakbatteri, da de passerede Jyllands kyst.
Antagelig blev MUS FB158 ramt her. Flyet styrtede ned omkring her 300 m fra kysten ved Tranum Strand.
Svømmedykkere har fundet vraget, men F/Sgt. Warren er aldrig blevet fundet. (Kilde: FT 89-72-36)

Se P-51 Mustang - Photos. Flere links i engelsk version.
 

On 21 May 1944 MUS FB158 crashed about here 300 m off the coast at Tranum Strand. Pilot, F/Sgt William Thomas Warren perished.
The plane was from 19 FS, 122 FW, 83 Group, 2 TAF, Funtington, Sussex. It was on a Day Ranger mission to the airfields Grove and Aalborg (here).

2 Mosquitoes from 418 Squadron escorted by 8 Mustangs from 19 Fighter Squadron took off from RAF Funtington at 14:00.

The allied airmen were hit by fire from a German flak battery, when they passed the coast of Jutland.
Presumably MUS FB158 was hit here. It crashed about here 300 m off the coast at Tranum Strand.
Scuba divers have found the wreck, but F/Sgt. Warren has never been found. (Source: FT 89-72-36)

See P-51 Mustang - Photos and  No. 19 Squadron RAF.