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Wellington X HZ278 crashed Esbjerg on 29/4 1943.
The aircraft belonged to RCAF (RAF) 166 Sqn and was coded AS-N.
T/o 20:49 Kirmington OP : Gardening the Danish Belts.
The whole crew who were on their first operational mission belonged to RCAF. On
the return flight HZ278 was reported coming at 200 meters altitude from
north-east and was coned by "Scheinwerfer Bruno" and hit by Marine Flak at 01:04 hours and crashed in the
sea 150 meters north of the fishing harbour 70 metres from the beach.
The flak was from Leichten flak "Femhøje West" (2./204), from the 3.7 cm zug
"Saedding" (6./204) and the 2 cm Zug "Seehafen-Nord" (1./204). Also the 4./204
is mentioned in the German report.
(RM 45 III 315 Freiburg)
Only the rear gunner Sgt. H.R. Fisher survived injured and was brought to the
German Lazarett. After a while he was sent to Dulag Luft at Oberursel for
interrogation. Here he stayed from 10/5 to 20/5-43. From Oberursel he was sent to Stalag Luft I Barth
where he spent time from 20/5 to 6/9-1943. On 8/9 he was sent to Stalag VIIA
Moosburg where he stayed for one day. On 11/9 he was transferred to Stalag IVB
Mühlburg where he stayed until 29/10-43. During that time he changed identity
with RT.D.E.DeForest. He was then transferred to Stalag IIB Hammerstein.
He stayed in Hammerstein from 30/10-43 to 28/7-44 during which time he managed
to escape together with an American soldier named M.E.Adams. On 7/5 they were
captured and returned to Stalag IIB where the German realized that he was the
man he claimed to be. That earned him 21 days on bread and water. On On 30/7-44
he arrived in Stalag
IVB Mühlberg an der Elbe where he stayed until 23/4-45.
(Via Finn Buch)
Pilot F/O Lawrence M. Clark
The rest of the crew who were Pilot F/O Lawrence M. Clark, Bomb Aimer P/O John
A. Dalton, Navigator Sgt David E. Giles and W/Op F/Sgt Hugh A. MacEachen all
died and were laid to rest in Fovrfelt cemetery, Esbjerg on 7/5-1943.
(Via Floyd Williston)
W/Op F/Sgt Hugh A. MacEachen
(Via Floyd Williston)
(via Rudolf Clausen)
(via Rudolf Clausen)
(Peter Brokdorff)
Sources: BE, BCL, LBUK, RL 19/455+456, AS 64-667, KT, OLCB, WO 344/108/2, RM
45 III 315 Freiburg.
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