martylee Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 I borrowed a cabin from a friend at it turned out to be just a km from the crash site of a Lancaster. The Lancaster was one of 16 that flew from Russia to Scotland on september 17th 1944. This one probably had engine failure and crashed into a mountain called "Syningen". All were killed and are now buried at Nesbyen cemetary. Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 66 yrs and still lots of bits of it still there , I d have thought it would have been picked clean long ago . Thanks for sharing . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Yeah surprised to see so many pieces still there! Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted August 23, 2010 Author Share Posted August 23, 2010 66 yrs and still lots of bits of it still there , I d have thought it would have been picked clean long ago . Thanks for sharing . That tells you a lot of the location of the wreck! :-) Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Nice landscape. Good to see a memorial plaque where these guys died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted August 24, 2010 Author Share Posted August 24, 2010 On 17. September 16 Lancasters took off from Yagodnik airfield in Russia at 19.21,to return to Lossiemouth . Probably due to engine trouble, one Lancaster crashed at this hillside in Nesbyen at 02.15. (Pilot) F/O Frank Levy. (Nav.)F/O Charles Lawrence Fox. Sgt. Flt. (Engr.)Peter William Groom. Flt. Sgt. (W.Op./Air Gnr.)George Muir Mcguire. Pilot Offr. (Air Gnr.)Allan Frank Mcnally. Flt.Sgt.Air Bomber Eric Edward Stephen Peck. Flt.Sgt.(Air Gnr.)Daniel Gorowny Thomas. In addition two members of another crew, who had days before survived a crash landing that had written off their aircraft. Those two are:Flying Offr. (W.Op.)Denis Charles Shea and Flying Offr. (Flt. Engr.)James Frazer Naylor. There was also a tenth body found at the crash site. His name is still unknown.(maby he was an Russian refugee?) This crash was the only casualty of the attacks on Tirpitz in September 1944 This text is cut from http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/ Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 martylee There was also a tenth body found at the crash site. His name is still unknown.(maby he was an Russian refugee?) Or possibly an unfortunate woods man or trapper in the wrong place at the wrong time:-(. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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