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Lancaster I R5628 crashed in the North Sea on 10/9-1942.
The aircraft belonged to RAF 207 Sqn. and was coded EM-Q.
T/O Bottesford. OP: Gardening Silverthorn.(Kattegat)
On the return flight R5628 was attacked by a German DO 217J-1 night fighter
piloted by Unteroffizier Fritz Hobusch of 7./NJG 2 and crashed at 04:09 into the
sea some 10 kilometres south west of Thyborøn killing all onboard.
Flt.Engr. Sgt
Francis R. Carter and W/Op-Air Gnr. P/O Donald W. Ross RCAF were on 14/9 1942
laid to rest in Lemvig cemetery.
(Lemvig Kirkegaard)
Carter and Ross funeral
(Lemvig Kirkegaard)
Their bodies had been found drifted ashore on
12/9 at Bovbjerg and Vrist.
Observer Sgt Llastair M. Cockie was found drifted
ashore near Thorsminde and was laid to rest in Lemvig cemetery on 18/9-1942.
Pilot Sgt Harold B. Einarson RCAF, Air Bomber Sgt George H.A. Birch, Air Gnr.
Sgt Arthur F.C. Kensett and Air Gnr. Sgt Norman F. Smethurst have no known
graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
During the air combat the night fighter had been damaged by return fire and on
its way back to Fliegerhorst Grove, the crew had to leave DO 217J-1 serial
number 1286 in parachute at 04:21 when it crashed at Landting farm near Vinderup.
Sources: AD, Police report, RL 19/472+455, RL 2III/763, AS 60-118, LBUK, BCL,
BL, CWGC.
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