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Lancaster III ED733 crashed at Jordrup on 29/4-1943.
The aircraft belonged to RAF 103 Sqn Bomber Command and was coded PM-X.
T/o 20:57 Elsham Wolds. OP: Gardening i Tangerine.
While westbound at 3500 metres the Lancaster was attacked by a German night
fighter from 5./NJG 3 crewed by Oberleutnant Paul Szameitat, Oberleutnant Klöss
and Feldwebel Blockus. At 03:51 the Lancaster exploded in the air and the
wreckage fell to the ground on farmland belonging to the farms of Hovmosevej
road 6 and 10, Jordrup. All onboard died.
On the same day sex crewmembers was found and by the Wehrmacht brought to the
radar station “Fledermaus” at Fitting. On 2/5 it was reported that the last
flyer had been found and taken to “Fledermaus”. They were all laid to rest in
Fovrfelt cemetery in Esbjerg on 7/5-1945.
They were: Pilot Sgt Arthur D. Nicholson, Bomb Aimer James C. Lilley, Air Gnr.
F/O Thomas James Daley, Navigator F/O Leonard Meakin, Flt. Engr. Sgt George L.K.
McCallum, Air Gnr. Sgt Maurice D. Peters and Air Gnr. Sgt Abraham Segal.
All above pictures from Kolding Museum
Sources: CWGC, LBUK, RL 19/455+456, TW, BCL.
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Lancaster III ED733 crashed at Jordrup on 29/4-1943
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