Niels Juul Rysensteen Buchwald     Updated:  22 DEC 2011

Airman: a123001.htm Surname: Buchwald Init: NJR Rank: F/O Service: RAF Sqdn: 222

P_link: p440.htm Plane: SPI PT718 Operation: Not DK / G Crash_site: Schoondijke, NL

Crash_d: d131044 Buried_d: b111111 C_link: c123.htm At_Next: Bislev

 "Niels Juul Rysensteen Buchwald, født 1.8.1915, Flyverløjtnant i Den Danske Marine, indtrådt i RAF 1943,
Flying Officer, faldet for Danmarks frihed og ære i luftkamp over Schoondijke i Holland den 13.10.1944.
Rejst af en kreds af landsmænd."

Beboere i Schoondijke sørgede her for et pænt gravsted, men kort efter Danmarks befrielse fik familien den
dræbte flyver overført til hjemlandet (Kilde: FAF), hvor han siden 2. november 1946 hviler her i familiegravstedet
på Bislev Kirkegård. Se omtale i Viborg Stifts Folkeblad. Se også kors i kirken.

Flying Officer (Pilot) Niels Juul Rysensteen Buchwald, 29 år, blev dræbt som pilot på SPI PT718.

Se Supermarine Spitfire med Danske Spitfires om N.J.R. Buchwald, J. Thalbitzer og 24 andre danske
flyvere, der satte livet til i tjeneste for allierede luftvåbener. Danish WW2 Pilots har dette om N.J.R. Buchwald.
RAF NORDIC CASUALITIES OF CREWS AND LOSSES OF AIRCRAFTS IN WORLD WAR 2 giver detaljer.
Se også Løjtnant Fritz Rasmussen, der omkom under Vinterkrigen i Finland.

"Niels Juul Rysensteen Buchwald, born 1.8.1915, Flight Lieutenant in The Royal Danish Navy, joined the
R.A.F. 1943, fallen for Denmark´s freedom and honour in an aerial battle over Schoondijke, Holland 13.10.1944.
Erected by a circle of compatriots."

Residents of Schoondijke provided a neat plot, but shortly after the liberation of Denmark the family had the
deceased airman repatriated to his native country (Source: FAF), where he rests here in the family plot in
Bislev Churchyard since 2 November 1946. See press cuttings. See also a cross in the church.

Flying Officer (Pilot) Niels Juul Rysensteen Buchwald, 29, was killed as Pilot of SPI PT718.

See Supermarine Spitfire with Danish Spits about N.J.R. Buchwald, J. Thalbitzer and 24 other Danish
airmen, who lost their lives serving an allied air force. Danish WW2 Pilots has this about N.J.R. Buchwald.
RAF NORDIC CASUALITIES OF CREWS AND LOSSES OF AIRCRAFTS IN WORLD WAR 2 gives details.