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.