R. Ingray                                                                                                    Updated:  27 AUG 2009

Airman: o888207.htm Surname: Ingray Init: R Rank: Sgt 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)

Sergeant (Flight Engineer) H. Moffatt og Sergeant (Air Gunner) R. Ingray blev som krigsfanger sendt til Stalag IVB Mühlberg a.d. Elbe. (Kilde: AOD)

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

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)

The POWs Sergeant (Flight Engineer) H. Moffatt and Sergeant (Air Gunner) R. Ingray were sent to Stalag IVB Mühlberg a.d. Elbe. (Source: AOD)

See No. 75 Squadron at RAF Bomber Command 60th Anniversary and No. 75 Squadron RNZAF. This Stirling started from RAF Mepal.

Airwar over Denmark has more about this plane and its crew. 7 airmen.