they got away

bazza · Aircraftsman 1st Class

they got away

Moon · Squadron Leader

Hello ,

On this site you will find the name of Bodey Lancelot Ross one of the two evaders from LW-383 who came down in Belgium.

http://www.conscript-heroes.com/escapelines/SPGnumbers.html

Regards

Moon

Moon · Squadron Leader

Hello ,

Sory i forgat this , the aircraft came down near the town off Ath wich is near the Belgian-French border. There is no sign of the names of Bodey and Beamish on the list of people helped by the Belgian escape line Comete , so therefore i think both evaded trough a French escape line.

Regards

Moon

avane · Pilot Officer

LW383 was initially issued to No.420 Sqdn. Airborne 2149 12Aug44. Shot down by a night-fighter, crashing at Chapelle-a-Ois (Hainaut), 8 km WSW of Ath. Those killed are buried in Chievres Communal Cemetery. At 35, P/O Humble was well above the average age for operational aircrew. Both Air Gunners were aged nineteen. F/O O.S.MacPhillamy RAAF KIA Sgt F.B.Newman PoW P/O J.W.Humble KIA Sgt N.R.Beamish Evd F/S L.R.Bodey RAAF Evd Sgt G.E.Ward KIA Sgt L.Stafford KIA Sgt F.B.Newman was interned in Camp L3, PoW No.8996. "

Date: Jun 19, 2011

My uncle was on that plane too. there is a report that I have from the mod re the escape from Sgt Beamish. for your info there are three that got away from the crash. I wll log in with details later

mk

mk8191 · Aircraftsman 1st Class

Sorry for. The delay in getting back. What's your interest in this crew. My uncle was one of them

bazza · Aircraftsman 1st Class

hi mk
sorry for delay

it was a neighbour that was telling me about sgt beamish but unfortunately they are no longer with us i was trying to find out what happened to him after the crash but am stumped to know where to go next

bazza

mk8191 · Aircraftsman 1st Class

Hi bazza i have the secret evasion report on the crew that got away they were picked up by the belgium undergroud then moved to brugge where they were sold to the gestapo. they were then put on atrain to gemany whilst enroute the train was attacked by either partisan or night bomber and they escaped and evaded capture getting back to england if this helps i can retrieve document and send copy to you kind regards mk

mk8191 · Aircraftsman 1st Class

For further information Bodey,s records are on the Australian records website with some official docs relating to the actual crash rgds mk

Date: Jun 29, 2012

thanks for info would love to see any documentation regarding the crash You said your uncle was on the flight was he one of the three???

mk8191 · Aircraftsman 1st Class

No unfortunately, my Uncle's the rear-gunner, who is buried with the rest of the crew in Belgium. You may ring.. my telephone no. is 07876782233.

Kind Regards and thankyou for your interest,

Mark Stafford

MikeH · Air Vice Marshall

Hi Baz,

the following information regarding who shot down Halifax LW383 maybe of interest (source: Nachtjagd War Diaries Vol 2 , by Theo Boiten).

12/13 August 1944

Uffz. Friedrich Gruner: 1 3./NJG4 4-mot Ath: 4.000 m. 01.33

578 Squadron Halifax LW383

Regards,

Mike.

bazza · Aircraftsman 1st Class

thanks mike

It is interesting to know the other side of the story thank you very much

for the info. I never thought to look for this information I would'nt have known where to look. Thanks again

Bazza

Date: Aug 18, 2012

Dear Mark, My cousin was Flight Engineer F.B. Newman who was shot down with your Uncle Len Stafford, 12/13 August 1944. Frank was badly wounded trying to bail out, he was wounded in the arm and had difficulty getting his chute on. He came down through a tree and landed in a compost heap in the farm yard. The resistance would not take him because of his wounds and he was picked up by the Germans and ended up in Stalag lift III for the rest of the war. He died in April 2010 and he left me his brevets, medals and pow tag. I still see his sister, Freda nearly every week but he told me more about his adventures. If you want any bits of info then you can contact me via e-mail: jondiwilk@googlemail.com or 01226 216099. Many thanks Jon