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Lancaster I W4898 crashed in the southern part of Kattegat
29/4-1943.
The aircraft belonged to RAF 61 Sqn Bomber Command and was coded QR-F
T/o 20:36 Syerston. OP: Gardening Verbena (Southern part of Øresund)
The circumstanced under which W4898 was lost is not known but it is believed that it
crashed into the southern parts of the sea of Kattegat. The crew of seven died.
The body of Pilot W/O Michael de Beauchamp Collenette was found in
the sea off the island of Anholt on 1/5 by a steamer from "Det Forende
Dampskibsselskab". The ship is believed to have followed route 38 north of
Anholt to Aalborg when the outlook spotted a body in the sea. A lifeboat was
lowered into the water and the body was retrieved and identified as that of a
airman. Upon arrival in Aalborg the body was collected by an ambulance and taken
to the chapel at "Amtssygehuset" hospital. He was laid to rest in Frederikshavn
cemetery on 6/5-1943.
(Via David Ingram)
Pilot W/O Michael de Beauchamp Collenette
Flt. Engr. Sgt J Normann was found near Helsingborg in
Sweden and was laid to rest in Pålsjö cemetery.
On the morning of 19/5 the body of Navigator P/O Ian R. Robertson RAAF was found
by a fisherman in a pound net in the Øresund 1000 metres northeast of Humlebæk.
The Danish navy ship “Havkatten” took the body to Helsingør where it was placed
in the chapel of the Øresunds hospital.
Robertson was laid to rest in Bispebjerg
cemetery on 22/5-1943.
(Peter Gargett via David Ingram)
Navigator P/O Ian R. Robertson RAAF
Bomb aimer P/O Reginald D. Mix RCAF, Wop F/S Nathaniel R. Gyles RAAF,
Rear
gunner Sgt Franklyn G. Moore RCAF and Mid upper gunner Sgt Arthur W. Bond have no
known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
(Via David Ingram)
Rear gunner Sgt Franklyn G. Moore RCAF
Mid upper gunner Sgt Arthur W. Bond
(Via David Ingram)
Wop F/S Nathaniel R. Gyles RAAF (centre rear) meeting the
Queen.
(Via David Ingram)
From Nat Gyles Digitalised Records in The
Australian National Arcives
Sources: CWGC, LBUK, AS 6-315, David Ingram, "Aalborg Amtstidende" via Finn
Buch..
Minelaying on the night of 28/29 April 1943
Lancaster I W4898 crashed in the
southern part of Kattegat
29/4-1943
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