Lancaster B. I NG143 (EM-R) - The Kattegat Updated: 24 NOV 2021
Airman | Surname | Init | Rank | Service | Sqdn | P_link | Plane | Operation | Crash_site | Crash_d | Buried_d | C_link | At_Next |
e777856.htm | Bermingham | D C | F/O | RCAF | 207 | p480.htm | LAN NG143 | Minelaying | The Kattegat | d161044 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
e777853.htm | Brumwell | R A | Sgt | RAF | 207 | p480.htm | LAN NG143 | Minelaying | The Kattegat | d161044 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
e777854.htm | Curtis | MHJ | Sgt | RAF | 207 | p480.htm | LAN NG143 | Minelaying | The Kattegat | d161044 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
e777858.htm | Leigh | K | F/Sgt | RCAF | 207 | p480.htm | LAN NG143 | Minelaying | The Kattegat | d161044 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
e777855.htm | Payne | L F | F/Sgt | RAF | 207 | p480.htm | LAN NG143 | Minelaying | The Kattegat | d161044 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
e777859.htm | Ready | D W | F/O | RAF | 207 | p480.htm | LAN NG143 | Minelaying | The Kattegat | d161044 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
e777857.htm | Wilson | E C | F/Sgt | RCAF | 207 | p480.htm | LAN NG143 | Minelaying | The Kattegat | d161044 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
Seks fly fra 10 BS minerede i farvandet mellem
Frederikshavn og
Læsø (omkring
her), og under tilbageflyvningen så piloten på Halifax MZ410 et fly, der
blev skudt Flyet lettede fra Spilsby kl. 18:39, og man havde ikke siden hørt fra flyets telegrafist. Alle syv besætningsmedlemmer, fire englændere og tre canadiere, forsvandt i Kattegat. Efter krigen har svømmedykkere fundet adskillige vragrester på denne position." (FT 91-8-43) Se Minelægningsområder * Lancaster Fotos.
On 15 October 1944
LAN NG143 crashed into the Kattegat about
here. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review
writes: 6 planes from 10 BS laid mines in the waters between Frederikshavn and Læsø (about here) and on the return flight the pilot of Halifax MZ410 saw a plane being shot down by a German night fighter. The plane crashed, burning, into the sea at the above mentioned position. It can only be Lancaster NG 143 from 207 BS.
The plane took off from Spilsby at 18:39,
and since then nothing was heard from the wireless operator. All 7 crew
members, 4 Englishmen and 3 Canadians, See
No. 207 Squadron
RAF - Wikipedia * 207 Squadron Royal Air Force
History *
RAF-Lincolnshire.info *
Lancaster *
Lancaster photos *
Minelaying areas. |