Thomas Charles Wheelhouse               Updated: 15 DEC 2011

Airman: a048012.htm Surname: Wheelhouse Init: T C Rank: F/O Service: RAF Sqdn: 218

P_link: p174.htm Plane: STI BF515 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Tågerup Mose

Crash_d: d280443 Buried_d: b070543 C_link: c048.htm At_Next: K - Bispebjerg

 Om STI BF515 styrtet her ved Tågerup den 28. april 1943. Et monument for besætningen er rejst
ved nedstyrtningsstedet. Se foto af de 7 flyvere i Reerskev Kirke.

"BF515 blev over Sjælland angrebet af en tysk natjager, og efter en længere luftkamp eksploderede flyet
og styrtede ned i en mose ved Tågerup. Ligene af 2 besætningsmedlemmer (J.A. Bolton og
T.C. Wheelhouse) blev fundet dagen efter, og de blev begravet på Bispebjerg Kirkegård den 7. maj
1943." (FAF 88-33-11) Se mere ved STI BF515.

Flying Officer (Bomb Aimer) Thomas Charles Wheelhouse, 30 år, var søn af Joseph og Theresa Wheelhouse, gift med Winifred Maud Wheelhouse, Tooting, Surrey, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)
7 flyvere.

 About STI BF515 crashed here at Taagerup on 28 April 1943. A monument to the crew is erected
at the crash site. See photos of the 7 airmen in Reerslev Church.

"Over Zealand BF515 was attacked by a German night fighter, and the aeroplane exploded after a rather long aerial combat and crashed into a bog at Taagerup. The bodies of 2 crew members (J.A. Bolton and T.C. Wheelhouse) were found the next day, and they were buried in Bispebjerg Cemetery on 7 May
1943." (FAF 88-33-11) See more at STI BF515 and BBC - People's War about this crew.

Flying Officer (Bomb Aimer) Thomas Charles Wheelhouse, 30, was the son of Joseph and Theresa Wheelhouse, and the husband of Winifred Maud Wheelhouse, of Tooting, Surrey, United Kingdom.
(Source: CWGC)

See Bomber Command No. 218 Squadron and 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron Association.
This Stirling took off from RAF Downham Market. 7 airmen. Lost Bombers has this.