Gordon K. Williams Updated: 21 SEP 2011
Airman: o888203.htm Surname: Williams Init: G K Rank: P/O Service: RAF Sqdn: 75
P_link: p242.htm Plane: STI BF461 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Near Kallerup
Crash_d: d041143 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW
STI BF461
- se foto af besætningen - styrtede ned
her ved Kallerup den 4. november 1943. (Kilde: Mogens Kruse)
Dette er den korte version:
"I forbindelse med en
mineudlægningsoperation til Østersøen blev et Stirling fly skudt ned af 2 tyske
JU88 natjagere. Flyet nedstyrtede ved Kallerup, sydvest for Thisted
(overblik
her). Et dræbt
besætningsmedlem, Sgt Champion, blev begravet den 13. november 1943.
Fem overlevende flyvere blev taget til fange, mens en (W.F.
Morice) flygtede fra Thisted
Sygehus og blev hjulpet til Sverige via Biersted Præstegård og Frederikshavn." (FAF)
Meget materiale om Gordon Williams, Frank McGregor og flystyrtet
sendt fra Lars Kanstrup, Mogens Kruse og Verner Jørgensen til
www.airmen.dk.
Se Gordon Williams (pdf 9,72
MB) fra Lars Kanstrup med artikler fra
Thisted Dagblad
på dansk og engelsk, fotos og mere!
7 flyvere.
STI BF461 - see
photo of the crew - crashed
here at Kallerup on 4 November 1943. (Source: Mogens Kruse) This is the
short version:
"A Stirling was shot down by 2 German
JU88 night fighters in
connection with a minelaying operation to the Baltic Sea. The plane crashed at
Kallerup southwest of
Thisted (overview
here). A killed crew member, Sgt Champion, was buried on 13 November 1943.
5 surviving airmen were captured, while one (W.F. Morice)
evaded from Thisted Hospital and was helped to Sweden via the vicarage in
Biersted and Frederikshavn." (FAF)
Lars Kanstrup, Mogens Kruse and Verner Jørgensen
sent much about
Gordon Williams, Frank McGregor and the air crash to
www.airmen.dk.
See
Gordon Williams (pdf 9.72
MB)
from Lars Kanstrup with articles from
Thisted Dagblad in
Danish and English, photos and more!
See Bomber
Command No. 75 Squadron and
No. 75 Squadron RNZAF. This
Stirling took off from
RAF Mepal.
7 airmen.