Den 29. april 1943 kl. 00.08 blev
STI BK807 skudt ned af den tyske marines flakbatteri MAA
814 i
Nyborg.
Flyet styrtede i Langelandsbæltet
(måske omkring
her). Det
var på en minelægningsoperation til den vestlige del af Fehmarn Bælt, omkring
her.
(Kilde: FT 86-89-12)
Se også
Minelægningsområder med området Radish (Kilde:
p170MACR)
"Natten mellem den 28. og 29. april 1943
foretog RAF krigens hidtil største minering. 226 fly kastede 593 miner i danske
farvande og i Østersøen. Da det var
overskyet
i flere mineringsområder, måtte
bombemaskinerne flyve ekstra lavt for at få landkending, før minerne blev kastet
på de rigtige positioner. Dermed blev
flyene
lette mål
for flak i området. Tyske natjagere var atter aktive, men på grund af den lave flyvehøjde blev kun få
natjagerangreb rapporteret.
RAF mistede 7
Lancasters,
8
Stirlings,
6
Wellingtons og 2
Halifaxes denne
nat." (FT 90-50)
Sergeant Desmond Ray Ross, 23 år, var søn
af Magnus Montgomery Ross og Margaret Ross (f. Clarkson), Sulphur Point,
Auckland, New Zealand.
Hans navn er
på Panel 199 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere,
der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
2 flyvere fra
STI BK807 blev begravet på Svinø Kirkegård. 5 flyvere har
ingen kendt grav.
7 flyvere.
On 29 April 1943 at 00.08 hours
STI BK807 was shot down by Marine Flak Batteri MAA 814
from the German Navy, located in
Nyborg.
The plane crashed into the Langelandsbelt
(maybe about
here). It
was on a minelaying operation to the western part of Fehmarn Belt, about
here. (FT 86-89-12)
See
Minelaying areas with the area Radish (Source:
p170MACR).
"On the night between 28 April and 29
April 1943 the RAF carried out the biggest minelaying operation so far in the war. 226 planes dropped 593 mines into Danish waters and into the Baltic Sea. As
the sky was overcast at several mining areas the bombers had to fly at an extra
low altitude to come in sight of land, before the
mines were dropped at the
right positions. That made the planes easy targets for flak in the area. German
night fighters were active again, but due to the low flying
altitude only a few
attacks from night fighters were reported. The RAF lost 7
Lancasters, 8
Stirlings, 6
Wellingtons and 2
Halifaxes this
night." (FT
90-50)
Sergeant Desmond Ray Ross, 23, was the son
of Magnus Montgomery Ross and Margaret Ross (née Clarkson), of Sulphur Point,
Auckland, New Zealand.
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 235.
He is commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 199, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
2 airmen from
STI BK807 were buried in Svinø Churchyard. 5 airmen have
no known grave. See
No. 75 Squadron RNZAF.
75(nz)squadron has more, also
75(NZ) Squadron RAF Records from
April 1943,
find entry of 28.4.1943, and see that this plane with Captain
Hamer failed to return. Stirling
III BK807 AA-M took off from
RAF Newmarket at 20:30 on
28 APR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered
has
this.) Google
Map planesRNZAF
7 airmen.
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