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 Den 4. maj 1945 styrtede
MUS KH478 i havet
her mellem Als og Ærø. Piloten blev aldrig fundet.
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"4 maj 1945, sydlige del af Lillebælt. Mustang Mk.
III, KH478 (5J- ) 126 FS, 11 FG
(RAMROD-mission til Storebælt). 1 MIA. Piloten, Major Arne Austeen (Royal Norwegian Air Force), var chef for 126
Squadron, der fløj eskorte for
Beaufighters fra
236
og
254 Squadrons. Det var planlagt som en anti-shipping mission til Storebælt, men
allerede i Lillebælts området fandt man store koncentrationer af fjendtlige
skibe og
u-både. De tyske ubåde U-393, U-579, U-2338 og U-2503 blev sænket i
Lillebælt. Under et angreb blev Major Austeens Mustang ramt af flak,
flyet
eksploderede og
faldt i havet.
Major Austeen var
leder af 126 Squadron under angrebet på Shellhuset den 21. marts
og Mustang KH478 blev under dette angreb fløjet af Squadron Leader
J. E. Storrar,
der var leder af 234 Squadron. Major Austeen var krediteret for 5 nedskydninger
og 3 beskadigede fjendtlige fly." (FT
85-80-46)
"Luftværnskanoner fra U 155 nedskød en Mustang jager ført af den norske RAF
pilot Arne Austeen." (Poul Erik Pedersen)
Se
Arne Austeen i
norsk Wikipedia og
links i - se engelsk
version.
Se P-51 Mustang - Fotos.
Herman Hirsch Becker og Ivar
Larson var også fra Norge.
 On 4 May 1945
MUS KH478 crashed into the sea
here between Als and Ærø. The pilot was never found.
(Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"4 May 1945, southern part of the Lillebælt. Mustang Mk.
III, KH478 (5J- ) 126 FS, 11 FG
(RAMROD-mission to the Storebælt). 1 MIA. Major
(Pilot) Arne Austeen (Royal Norwegian Air
Force) was the leader of
126 Squadron escorting
Beaufighters from
236 Squadron and
254 Squadron. It was planned
as an anti-shipping mission to the Storebælt, but already in the Lillebælt area
great concentrations of enemy ships
and U-boats were found. The German
U-boats U-393, U-579, U-2338 and U-2503 were sunk in the Lillebælt. During
an attack Major Austeen's KH478 was hit by flak.
The plane exploded and fell into the sea.
Major Austeen was the leader of
126 Squadron during
the attack on the Shell House on 21 March. During that
attack Mustang KH478 was flown by Squadron Leader
J. E. Storrar, who was the leader of 234 Squadron. Major Austeen had a
score of 5 enemy planes shot down and 3 damaged."
(FT 85-80-46)
"Flak from U 155 shot down a Mustang fighter flown by the Norwegian RAF pilot
Arne Austeen." (Poul Erik Pedersen)
See A
forgotten hero - Norwegian Spitfire Foundation * Arne Austeen
in Wikipedia. See
No. 126 Squadron RAF and P-51 Mustang - Photos.
Herman Hirsch Becker and Ivar
Larson were also from Norway.
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