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| Date: | Thursday 10 September 1942 |
| Time: | 04:09 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5628 |
| MSN: | EM-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea some 10 kilometres southwest of Thyborøn, Midtjylland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bottesford, Lincolnshire |
Operation - Gardening (mine-laying) to Silverthorn (Kattegat).
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Fritz Hobusch of the 7./NJG 2 based at Grove airfield, who was flying a Dornier Do 217 J-1.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Harold Bjorn Einarson RCAF R/87296 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Francis Raymond Carter RAFVR 1166938 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Alastair Mackenzie Cockie RAFVR 656606 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant George Herbert Arthur Birch RAFVR 1388177 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Donald Wingrove Ross RCAF J/9288 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Frederick Charles Kensett RAFVR 1358378 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Norman Frederick Smethurst RAF 656871 [Killed]
The bodies of Sgt Carter & P/O Ross RCAF were washed ashore on 12 September at Bovbjerg (Lemvig) and Vrist (Harboøre).
Sgt Cockie was found drifted ashore near Thorsminde (Ulfborg).
The other three rest in Lemvig cemetery.
Sgts Einarson, Birch, Kensett Smethurst have no known graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194252.shtml
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-May-2020 20:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 01-Jun-2024 11:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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