Stanley William Hart Updated:
05 MAY 2021 Airman: a107025.htm Surname: Hart Init: S
W Rank: S/Ldr Service: RAF
HAL MZ826 styrtede ned i flere dele få
hundrede m sydvest for Nørre
”Under en mineudlægningsoperation den 15. oktober 1944 nedstyrtede et
Den lokale befolkning var godt klar over nedgravningen og dens placering,
inden krigen sluttede, hvorfor Vadum sogneråd straks efter den 5. maj 1945 kunne
træffe beslutning om at overføre ligene af de dræbte flyvere til indviet jord.
Det skete den 2. juni, hvor et ligtog med 6 kister førtes mod Vadum Kirke,
hvorfra begravelsen fandt sted den følgende dag, søndag den 3. juni. I følget, der talte ca. 3000 personer, sås bl.a. stiftamtmand J.A.
Berner, politimester C.L. Bach, samt engelske officerer og danske modstandsfolk.
Mange faner og talrige blomster sås på kirkegården, da sognepræst N.
Møller foretog jordpåkastelsen." (FAF) HAL MZ826 crashed in a number of parts a few hundred m south west of Nørre Halne. The casualties were dug down by the Germans here.
During a mine laying operation on 15 October, 1944 a Halifax crashed near Nørre
Halne. 6 of the 7 members of the crew perished. The deceased were dug down by
the Germans in an area with a strong military presence. The local citizens knew about the burial and where it was, before the war ended.
This enabled the parish council of Vadum to decide just after 5 May, 1945, when
Denmark was liberated, to transfer the bodies of the deceased airmen to
consecrated soil.
Squadron Leader (Pilot) Stanley William Hart,
30, was the son of William and Millicent Hart, and the husband of Gertrude Hart, of Oswestry,
Shropshire, United |