G. E. Abecassis                                                                                        Updated:   23 OCT 2009

Airman: o888072.htm Surname: Abecassis Init: G E Rank: S/Ldr Service: RAF Sqdn: 161

P_link: p379r.htm Plane: STI LK 238 Operation: Drop in DK Crash_site: Near Vemb

Crash_d: d071044 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

"På vej til to jyske modtagepladser med våben til den danske modstandsbevægelse nedstyrtede et Stirling fly natten til den 7. oktober 1944 på gården Stamphøjs jorder i Gørding sogn. Ved flyvraget blev fundet et dræbt besætningsmedlem, R.F. Philp fra Queensland i Australien." (FAF)

Se mindesten netop her ved hegnet, hvor Philp blev gravet ned af den tyske værnemagt. Det er ca. 300 m nord for Skalstrupvej 14, 7570 Vemb, ca. 700 m nord for gården Stamphøj og ca. 3 km nord for Gørding Kirke, hvor Philp blev begravet den 15. juni 1945.

Squadron Leader (Pilot) G.E. Abecassis lavede en god mavelanding. Han opdelte de 6 overlevende i 2 hold, og sammen med K.H. Walker klarede han at være på fri fod i nogle dage. AOD har mere.

Fra STI LK 238 er 1 flyver begravet i Gørding, 2 blev taget til fange og 4 nåede Sverige med hjælp fra modstandsbevægelsen.

Airwar over Denmark har mere om dette fly og dets besætning. 7 flyvere. Flere links i engelsk version.

On its way to two drop zones in Jutland with weapons for the Danish resistance movement STI LK 238 crashed on the night before 7 October, 1944 into a field of the farm Stamphøj in the parish of Gørding. A perished member of the crew, R.F. Philp from Queensland, Australia was found at the wreck. (Source: FAF)

See the memorial stone just here at the hedgerow, where Philp was dug down by the German Wehrmacht. It is about 300 m north of Skalstrupvej 14, DK-7570 Vemb, about 700 m north of the farm Stamphøj and about 3 km north of Gørding Church, where Philp was buried on 15 June, 1945.

Squadron Leader (Pilot) G.E. Abecassis made a good belly landing. He split the 6 survivors into two teams, and together with K.H. Walker he managed to stay at large for some days. AOD has more.

From STI LK 238 1 airman is buried in Gørding, 2 became POWs and 4 evaded to Sweden with help from the resistance movement.
See No. 161 Squadron at RAF Bomber Command 60th Anniversary * Tempsford Special Duties Squadrons * A History of RAF Tempsford * RAF Tempsford.
Airwar over Denmark has more about this plane and its crew. 7 airmen. Lost bombers has this.