Wellington III X3633 - Near Bevtoft                                                 Updated: 17 MAR 2022

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a113010.htm Fone A T Sgt RAF 115 p066.htm WEL X3633 Bomb G Near Bevtoft d260442 b060542 c113.htm Aabenraa
a113011.htm Grieve J S Sgt RAF 115 p066.htm WEL X3633 Bomb G Near Bevtoft d260442 b060542 c113.htm Aabenraa
a113012.htm Rollinson I J Sgt RAF 115 p066.htm WEL X3633 Bomb G Near Bevtoft d260442 b050642 c113.htm Aabenraa
a113013.htm Saint A D Sgt RAF 115 p066.htm WEL X3633 Bomb G Near Bevtoft d260442 b050642 c113.htm Aabenraa
a113014.htm Simmans A E Sgt RAF 115 p066.htm WEL X3633 Bomb G Near Bevtoft d260442 b050642 c113.htm Aabenraa
a113015.htm Smith W G Sgt RAF 115 p066.htm WEL X3633 Bomb G Near Bevtoft d260442 b050642 c113.htm Aabenraa


 "På bombetogt mod Rostock nedstyrtede et Wellington fly den 26. april 1942 ved Bevtoft, øst for Toftlund. Alle om bord blev dræbt.
De 6 dræbte flyvere blev begravet den 6. maj 1942 kl. 06.30. Marinepræst Graumann, Flensborg, foretog jordpåkastelsen." (FAF)
Sandsynligvis var det på samme måde som En begravelse  4 dage tidligere.

Se monument for besætningen på WEL X3633 rejst 1 km sydvest for den lille landsby Neder Jerstal og 4 km sydvest for Over Jerstal.

6 flyvere.


A Wellington crashed on 26. april 1942 at Bevtoft, east of Toftlund on a bombing raid on Rostock. All aboard perished.
The 6 killed airmen were buried on 6 May 1942 at 06:30. Navy Chaplain Graumann, Flensburg, officiated at the graveside. (Source: FAF)
Probably it was in the same way as A burial 4 days earlier.

See monument to the crew of WEL X3633 erected 1 km south west of  Neder Jerstal and 4 km south west of Over Jerstal.

This Vickers Armstrong Wellington, see also Vickers Wellington, was from No. 115 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia.
Wellington III X3633 KO-Y took off from RAF Marham at 22:23 on 25 APR 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)

6 airmen.