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Stirling I W7524 crashed in the sea 5 km to the southeast
of Esbjerg on 16/7 1942.
The Stirling belonged to RAF 15 Sqn. Bomber Command and was coded LS-D.
T/o 18:40 Wyton OP : Lübeck.
On its way towards the target, W7524 was at 21:30 hours hit by flak from I-II
zug 1.lei Flakabt 836 and IV zug 2.lei Flakabt 836. from Esbjerg and crashed
burning into the sea midway between the island of Fanø and the main land of
Jylland.
The Stirling was a total loss, and it must be considerate a miracle that two
crewmembers survived the crash.
(Via Rudolf Clausen)
On Fanø, the crash had been observed and four
members of the lifeboat crew of Sonderho set out a flat-bottomed dinghy, since
the life boat could not be used due to low tide. Due to the low tide they did
not manage to get to the Stirling, and when the tide came back in they had to
return to Fanø.
(Via Rudolf Clausen)
At eight o’clock the next morning Receiver of Wrecks Jens Johannes Jensen tried
once more, and this time he managed to get across to the Stirling.
Here he found
Air Gnr Sgt G.A. Donovan and Air Gnr Sgt L.C. Masfen both suffering from burns.
He got them into the dinghy and rowed them to Esbjerg where they were taken over
by the Wehrmacht.
They were treated for their burns at the German lazarett and
later on shipped off for Dulag Luft and eventually POW camp Stalag VIIIB/344
Lamsdorf.
(Harry Larsen)
Pilot F/S Robert L. Melville RAAF, Pilot Sgt Denis R. Barrett, Observer P/O
Kenneth Arnott, W/Op-Air Gnr Henry J. I. Lockhart, Flt. Engr. Sgt Robinson
Nicholls and W/Op-Air Gnr. Sgt John E.F.Waylan all perished and were laid to
rest in Fovrfelt cemetery in Esbjerg. All were buried on 21/7 except Melville
who was buried on 25/7.
(Via Rudolf Clausen)
(Via Rudolf Clausen)
(Via Rudolf Clausen)
(Via Rudolf Clausen)
Sources: CWGC, LBUK, RL 19/472, KT, BE, AS 64-372, Lifeboat journal, Sønderho,
OLCB
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