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 “Ved middagstid den 20. oktober 1941 startede 5 to-motorede Hudson fly
fra basen i England med Danmark som mål. 3 af disse fly angreb den tyske
vandflyvebase ved Thisted. Et af de angribende fly, Hudson AM 523, blev sidst
set fra de 2 andre fly, da det fløj lavt mellem bygningerne på vandflyvebasen.
Kort efter så man fra et af flyene et stærkt lys på et sted, hvor der ikke havde
været et sådant tidligere. AM 523 var styrtet ned ved Fårtoft, lige øst for
Thisted.
3 flyvere blev dræbt på stedet, mens en hårdtsåret døde kort efter
nedstyrtningen. De 4 flyvere blev begravet den 24. oktober 1941.
Ved Fårtoft (her) har beboerne rejst en mindesten for
de dræbte flyvere.” (FAF) Se
Google Map p050 Hudson AM523.
Se kort over området med pil
her ved mindestenen ved Fårtoftvej 222, 7700
Thisted. Flystyrtet var i attrap-vandflyvepladsen i Fårtoft, hvor bygningerne
var 500 m
øst-sydøst for mindestenen. Ud for bygningerne var 3 attrap vandfly
fortøjet. Bendt Fogh og andre vidner peger på, at den stærke storm slog HUD
AM523 ud af
kontrol,
da
flyet efter at have angrebet vandflyene fra meget lav
højde skulle op over bakkerne ned mod kysten. Et kraftigt vindstød slyngede det
mod taget af
Harald Kirkegaards ejendom
her. (Kilde: Vestallierede luftangreb) Flyet styrtede ned
her omkring 200 m længere mod nordøst. (Kilde: Frank Jensen)
I den nordvestlige del af Thisted Havn lå
Heinkel og
Dornier Wal flyvebåde på kajen i vintrene 1942 og 1943. Bendt Fogh, se
øjenvidneberetning, boede lige
ved
siden af havnen i Havnegade 28 med fin udsigt over
Limfjorden, se fotos fra Bendt Fogh.
Den rigtige vandflyvebase Thisted See var omkring den anløbsbro, der ses vest for Thisted
ved Dragsbæk.
Thisted Museum har i
Lydarkiv samtaler om
Flystyrt i Fårtoft.
Se
Historisk Årbog 1979 Henning Skov: Et engelsk luftangreb på
Fårtoft (pdf) fra hjemmesiden
BSTH.
Se også
Historisk Årbog 1993 Frank Weber: Fra Seefliegerhorst Thisted til Dragsbæklejr
på hjemmesiden
BSTH. 4 flyvere.
"At noon on 20 October 1941 5 twin-engined Hudson planes started from the base
in England targeting Denmark. 3 of these planes attacked the German base for
seaplanes at Thisted. One of the attacking planes, Hudson AM 523, was last seen
from the 2 other planes, as it was flying low between the buildings on the base.
Shortly after they saw from one of the planes a strong light in a place, where
there had been no such light before. AM 523 had crashed at Fårtoft, just east of
Thisted.
3 airmen were killed on the spot, while one who was badly injured died soon after the
crash. The 4 airmen were buried on 24 October, 1941.
The residents of Faartoft have erected a memorial stone
to the deceased airmen (here
at Fårtoftvej 222, 7700 Thisted)." (FAF)
See
Google Map p050 Hudson AM523.
See map of
the area with an arrow here at the memorial stone at Fårtoftvej 222, 7700
Thisted. The air crash was in the dummy sea plane base in Faartoft,
where the buildings were 500 m east-southeast of the memorial stone. 3 dummy sea
planes were moored at the coast off the buildings.
Several witnesses point out that the strong storm knocked HUD AM523 out of
control, when the plane after having attacked the sea planes from a very low
altitude
had
to climb over the hills near the coast. It was grabbed by a gust of
wind and thrown against the roof of a farm house
here. (Source: Vestallierede
luftangreb)
The plane crashed
here about 200 m further to the northeast. (Source: Frank Jensen)
In the north western part of
Thisted Harbour
Heinkel and
Dornier Wal hydroplanes
were lying
on the quay in the winters of 1942 and 1943.
See photos from Bendt Fogh.
The real sea plane base Thisted See was around the landing
stage, which is seen west of Thisted at Dragsbæk.
See
Historisk Årbog 1979 Henning Skov: Et engelsk luftangreb på
Fårtoft (pdf) about this attack from the website
BSTH. In Danish, but with
some photos.
See also
Historisk Årbog 1993 Frank Weber: Fra Seefliegerhorst Thisted til Dragsbæklejr
(pdf) from the website
BSTH.
See
Bomber
Command No. 608 Squadron. This
Hudson took off from RAF
Thornaby. See
The Wartimes
Memories Project - Thornaby. 4 airmen.
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