ABRAMCHUK, Nikolaj Ivanovich
Combat record: 16 personal victories, 300 sorties Decorations: Gold Star of Hero of the Soviet Union on Octo- ber 9, 1943 for 1 victories. 239 sorties of which 114 were ground attacks as of June, 1943; the Orders of Lenin, the Red Banner (2)t h e Red Star.

Abramchuk was born on November 20. 1912 and entered the Soviet Army for flight training in 1932. He received his wings at Engels military flying school ni 1936 and fought from the very start of the Patriotic War. He s a wconsiderable fighting on Southwest, West, Stalingrad and Ist Ukrainian Fronts while serving with the 894 IAP. He was a Kapitan and squadron leader when awarded the Gold Star for his efforts. Abramchuk left active duty with the rank of Podpolkovnik in 1954 and died on February ,1 1974.

Crew: Sgt Stanley ALLEN (1479972) FMA/AG RAFVR Sgt Howard Eimer EDDY (R/76847) FNT/Eng. RCAF W/O Llewelyn Pryce EDWARDS (R/84175) AG RCAF F/O Stanley JEBSON (128111) navig. RAFVR P/O Norman Frederick LESTER (141976) pilot RAFVR Sgt Albert Thomas James MURRAY (1221250) WOp/AG RAFVR Cpl Robert Spence McDONALD (R/132829) SE mech. RCAF Sgt John Hugh PRITCHARD (1307037) AG RAFVR Sgt Albert John William SCHMOK (R/56995) Flt/Eng.RCAF Sgt James John WALKER (1374117) WOp/AG RAFVR Sgt John Walker WARING (658686) Co.pilot RAF Sgt Arne PAULSEN (N5470) navig. RNoAF

On the way to its base RAF Sullom Voe and also tasked with a navigation exercise and tasked with a creeping line ahead ant-submarine search en-route. Weather  reasonabie, The afrcaft had just been through inspection and had been tested in the air.  The crew also practiced a S.E. interception.  2 hrs. 20 mins. into flight when incident occurred. Search for the missing aircraft by all units available on route.  Last plotted at 13:45 in 5903N - 0749W, 22mls off St. Kilda. Sent out distress signal at 13:49, but no position, call sign, or reason was given. Flyingboat was on the way to seaplane harbour Sullom Voe and also . Last plotted at 13:45 in 5903N - 0749W, 22mls off St. Kilda. It sent out distress signal at 13:49, but no position, call sign, or reason was given. British/Canadian crew was only temporarily seconded to 330Sqn Norwegian

Hit to its port wing that set it ablaze. Five of the seven crew managed to bail out or were thrown clear as the aircraft broke apart mid-air, scattering wreckage across the Danish countryside near Sønder Asmindrup. Local farmers, a blacksmith's wife, and even a village doctor quietly took in the wounded survivors, treating their injuries and connecting them to the Danish resistance, who forged false ID papers and smuggled several of them by boat all the way to neutral Sweden within weeks. Pilot John Grayshan and navigator Albert James Berry, however, never made it out, both found dead at the crash site and buried by German forces without ceremony. Crashed at Asmindrup Denmark. A memorial to the crew was finally unveiled in 2005, with three of the surviving airmen present six decades later.