"I forbindelse med et bombetogt mod en
fly-fabrik i Rostock nedstyrtede et "Manchester" fly den 24. april 1942 kl. ca.
03.00 ved Visgårde 3 km sydøst for Tinglev.
Flyet var i brand i luften.
Flyets pilot, H.M. Stoffer, blev fundet dræbt. Han begravedes den 2. maj sammen
med 6 andre britiske flyvere.
De øvrige 6 ombordværende flyvere reddede livet og blev taget til fange." (FAF)
Se også Brev fra Sgt J.C. George modtaget fra Jørgen
Jørgensen, Flystyrt.
Sgt J.C.George blev ført til lejrene L3 Sagan /
L6 Heydekrug / L4 Gross Tychow.
Sgt I.Hamilton til L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Fallingbostel med
Sgt N.S.Lewis.
P/O J.H.Paton til L3 Sagan med F/O N.J.C.Pollock og F/L Prescott-Decie. (Kilde:
Lost Bombers)
MAN L7463 styrtede ned ved Visgårde (måske omkring
her).
En informationstavle er
her syd for Visgårdvej 8, 6200 Aabenraa.
På siden
Flystyrt ses
Styrt v. Visgårde med
mange detaljer!
1 flyver fra
MAN L7463
blev begravet i Aabenraa. 6 blev krigsfanger og blev sendt til
Tyske krigsfangelejre.
7 flyvere.
"In connection with a bombing raid
on an airplane factory in Rostock a "Manchester" plane crashed on April 24, 1942 at
about 0300 at Visgårde 3 km
south east of Tinglev. The plane was on fire in the
air.
The pilot, H.M. Stoffer, was found killed. He was buried on May 2 together with
6 other British airmen.
The other 6 members of the crew on board the plane saved their lives and were
captured." (FAF) See Letter from Sgt J.C. George.
Sgt J.C.George was interned in Camps
L3 Sagan /
L6 Heydekrug /
L4 Gross Tychow.
Sgt I.Hamilton in Camps
L3 Sagan / L6
Heydekrug /
357
Fallingbostel with Sgt N.S.Lewis.
P/O J.H.Paton in Camp L3
Sagan with F/O N.J.C.Pollock and F/L Prescott-Decie. (Source: Lost Bombers)
MAN L7463 crashed at Visgårde (maybe about
here).
An information table is
here south of Visgårdvej 8, DK-6200 Aabenraa.
On the website
Flystyrt is
Styrt v. Visgårde (Air
crash at Visgaarde) with photos and details. Latest addition in 2011, map and
data: Simon Pollock's
reconstruction. 1 airman from
MAN L7463 was buried
in Aabenraa. 6 were captured and taken to
German POW-Camps.
Manchester I
L7463 ZN- took off from
RAF Coningsby at 22.00
hrs on 23 APR 1942. (Source: Aircrew
Remembered has
this.) See also p064MACR. See
RAF Coningsby
2018 with
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
See No. 106
Squadron RAF - Wikipedia. See
No. 106
Squadron (RAF) during the Second World War. See
Google Map RAF-Coningsby. 7 airmen.
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