Wellington III X3716 - Near Holbøl                                                 Updated:  05 JAN 2012

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a113016.htm Ayres R K Sgt RAF 9 p069.htm WEL X3716 Bomb G Near Holbøl d290442 b020542 c113.htm Aabenraa
a113017.htm Harrison H R Sgt RAF 9 p069.htm WEL X3716 Bomb G Near Holbøl d290442 b020542 c113.htm Aabenraa
a113018.htm Mount A W Sgt RAF 9 p069.htm WEL X3716 Bomb G Near Holbøl d290442 b020542 c113.htm Aabenraa
a113019.htm Sampson G K Sgt RAF 9 p069.htm WEL X3716 Bomb G Near Holbøl d290442 b090542 c113.htm Aabenraa
a113020.htm Silver L R Sgt RAF 9 p069.htm WEL X3716 Bomb G Near Holbøl d290442 b090542 c113.htm Aabenraa
a113021.htm Stevens K W Sgt RAF 9 p069.htm WEL X3716 Bomb G Near Holbøl d290442 b020542 c113.htm Aabenraa


 WEL X3716 styrtede ned måske omkring her nær Holbøl nord for Kruså den 29. april 1942 kl. 01:56 på vej til at bombe Kiel. Alle ombord omkom.

De to piloter Sgt Sampson og Sgt Silver synes at være begravet meget tidligt om morgenen den 9. maj 1942 i Aabenraa.
Sgt Ayres, Sgt Harrison, Sgt Mount og Sgt Stevens blev begravet den 2. maj 1942 i Aabenraa. (Kilde: FAF)
Nær nedstyrtningsstedet er der her 400 m nordvest for Holdbi Kro, Åbenråvej 24A, 6340 Kruså rejst et monument.  

6 flyvere.

 On 29 April 1942 at 01:56 WEL X3716 crashed maybe about here near Holbøl north of Kruså on its way to bomb Kiel. All on board perished.

It is believed that the two pilots Sgt Sampson and Sgt Silver were buried in Aabenraa very early in the morning of 9 May 1942.
Sgt Ayres, Sgt Harrison, Sgt Mount and Sgt Stevens were buried in Aabenraa on 2 May 1942. (Source: FAF)

A  monument is here 400 m northwest of Holdbi Kro, Åbenråvej 24A, DK-6340 Krusaa near the crash site.

See Bomber Command No. 9 Squadron and IX (B) Squadron Association. This Wellington took off from RAF Honington. Lost Bombers has this.

6 airmen.