I came across this looking for something else and I thought it may help somebody ! In Memory of Sergeant THOMAS OWEN LEWIS 970474, 209 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on 22 February 1941 Remembered with honour RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Addition to black marble family gravestone Sunny Hill Cemetery Llanelli Dyfed Wales
Sgt. Lewis was lost in this incident....... 22 February 1941 209 Squadron Lerwick I L7263 WQ-L Missing on patrol and possibly crashed in position 5340N 1240W. 14 fatalities. Coastal Command Losses Vol.1 - McNeill Regards Peter
Thank you Peter ! ... I just don't like to ignore these young men when I come across them by accident - I'd like to think that somebody will be pleased to find them someday !hwell:
The Lerwick was not a successful aircraft and one imagines the men who flew them very much felt they had been given an inferior aircraft to the Sunderland (Cheaper to carry on production than stop; someone's got to fly 'em). The wiki entry mentions the loss of Owens a/c, L7263 Saro Lerwick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I found this and that's what you said Peter ..... Isn't 14 a lot though ? .... I didn't think they were allowed a crew that big ! hwell:
Hi I have done a web page about my great uncle Ronald Fyfe 44549, who was lost on the Saro Lerwick L7263 WQ-L See here. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/clippers/in_memory.htm Kevboy
