American Airmen - lists                          På dansk                                    Updated:  03 FEB 2015

  See 133 American airmen, graves about American airmen who were "taken home".
All 133 American airmen sorted out by planes See where they were taken to.
Names in alphabetical order. 41 still in Europe, 31%.

5 American airmen still rest in Denmark, where the grave is kept by the parish
with flowers and decorations. See the clickable map USAAF.

133 American airmen were taken out of Denmark in 1948.
FAF mentions 127 airmen taken home.
+ 1  2 Unknown are mentioned in Svinø – 3 is correct. (Source: The Reverend Mette Magnusson)
+ 1  1 grave in Svinø contained 2 airmen (Grave 60, Cisek and Stilles) (Source: FAF)
+ 2  6 airmen + 1 unknown in Assens must be 9, as evidence was found in Belgium
        that remains of 3 of the last 3 deceased airmen from B17 42-39894
       (Payne, Zumbolo and White) also had been buried in 1944. (Source: AOD)
+ 1   Edwards is only mentioned in a list from Fovrfeld – Esbjerg.
+ 1   C.E. Redall i Aabenraa is only mentioned in LIST OF AMERICAN DECEASED
         IN DENMARK.

It was very difficult to get all data and make the records correct.
Not all data were written correctly in 1948.

LIST OF AMERICAN DECEASED IN DENMARK mentions 131 graves.
Airmen in 5 graves of the 131 were not taken home, but the list does not show that.

126 graves
Horner in Svinø is not mentioned.
1 grave in Svinø contained 2 airmen (Grave 60, Cisek and Stilles) (Source: FAF)
1 unknown airman from Grave 96 in Svinø is missing.

6 airmen + 1 unknown in Assens must be 9, as evidence was found in Belgium
   that remains of 3 of the last 3 deceased airmen from B17 42-39894
   (Payne, Zumbolo and White) also had been buried in 1944. (Source: AOD)
   Edwards is only mentioned in a list from Fovrfeld – Esbjerg.

LIST OF AMERICAN DECEASED IN DENMARK (only 3 sheets!)
was borrowed from Danish National Archives. A big box:
Kirketjenesten for flygtninge i Danmark (nr. 1850):
Akter vedr. amerikanske og engelske soldater 1945-49 (pakke 58).

Assens: 2 Unknown are Kelley and also Payne, Zumbolo and White.
Esbjerg: Of the 9 Unknown Baker og Fidares are known.
             At 5 Unknown U 1-5 a few data are known.
             At 2 Unknown only the location of the graves are known.
             Edwards is not mentioned.
Svinø:    Horner is not mentioned.
             Grave 60 with Unknown contained both Cisek and Stilles.
             1 Unknown from Grave 96 mentioned in ”Operational Instructions” is not seen.