2020

TF5763 : Memorial to the crew of Hampden X3027, 49 Sqdn RAF

taken 4 years ago, near to Skegness, Lincolnshire, England

Memorial to the crew of Hampden X3027, 49 Sqdn RAF
Memorial to the crew of Hampden X3027, 49 Sqdn RAF
This memorial is housed inside Skegness Lifeboat Station.
Airborne from Scampton for Hamburg. Outbound, the aircraft was shot down by an intruder at 00:30hrs on the 28th October 1940 and crashed into the sea off Skegness.

The crew:
Pilot Officer, Konstantine BALLAS-ANDERSEN, Pilot. His body was never recovered.
Flying Officer, John Raymond BUFTON, Pilot
Sergeant, Robert Forrest ROBERTSON, Wireless Op/Air Gunner
Sergeant, Frederick James William BICHARD, Wireless Op/Air Gunner
Wartime aircraft crash Memorials

During the Second World War hundreds of aircrew were lost in accidents while training, landing, taking off or attempting to get back to their base with a badly damaged aircraft.
By creating this shared description and collecting them into one place I will not only pay tribute to the men who lost their lives in the line of duty but hopefully give some scale to the cost in lives.
These are just the ones who have a memorial; there are hundreds more who have no memorial or were lost at sea. They should not be forgotten. Their lives were equally precious.
In Honour of those who served and in Memory of those who fell.


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This photo is linked from: Articles: · East Anglia World War Two Aircrew Crash Memorials Automatic Clusters: · Sea [18] · Lifeboat Station [11] ·
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Adrian S Pye   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 11 March, 2020   (more nearby)
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Thursday, 12 March, 2020
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OSGB36: geotagged! TF 5706 6308 [10m precision]
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