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Lancaster III NE167 crashed in the Baltic Sea near
Swinemünde 17/8-1944.
The aircraft belonged to RAF 97Sqn. Bomber Command and was coded OF-Y.
T/o 21:21 Coningsby. OP: Gardening Stettin Bay.
A message was received from the aircraft at 01:22 hours while still over the
target area, stating that the aircraft was on fire and that the crew were
preparing to bail out.
The body of Rear gunner Sgt T M. Twomey was found washed ashore at Dueodde on
the island of Bornholm on 27/9 by the German Fluwa based there.
The German Dr. Runze was tasked with bringing the body to the chapel at
Petersker church where it was placed in a white coffin.
On 29/9 1944 at 11:00 hrs Twomey was laid to rest in Petersker cemetery with
full military honors. Parish Vicar Levy Blang officiated at the graveside
ceremony and a German guard of honor saluted the grave.
When the Germans had left, local people laid flowers on the grave.
Today Pilot W/Cdr E L. Porter, Navigator F/L John I. Rogerson, Flt. Engr. Sgt
Robin H.C. Burgess and Mid upper gunner F/S Jack D. Wells rest in Poznan Old
Garrison Cemetery in Poland while W/op F/L Harry Bean, Bomb Aimer W/O Leslie H.
Smith and Bomb Aimer W/O Charles A. Jones have no known graves and are
commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
(Birger Bendtsen)
(Birger Bendtsen)
(Birger Bendtsen)
(Michal Mucha)
(Michal Mucha)
(Michal Mucha)
(Michal Mucha)
(Michal Mucha)
(Michal Mucha)
Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland
Sources: CWGC, UA, Ministry of Defense, London, BCL, Kriegstagesbuch des
Kommandanten im Abschnitt Dänische Inseln.
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