  Den 2. maj 1942 styrtede
MAN L7399 ned ved
Lilholt vest for Haderslev (her).
Se
foto fra nedstyrtningsstedet *
Manchester I L7399 skudt ned
En begravelse * Manchester I L7399 - visit 2007 * Monument.
Brødrene Stoneman studerer billeder og dokumenter på
arkivet i Vojens.
Jes Ratzer sendte mange filer til
www.airmen.dk. Fra hans brev:
"En anden ting er et besøg i 2007 fra England af brødrene Geoffrey, Robert
og John Stoneman. Deres moder var forlovet med piloten Young, men da han jo
døde i styrtet,
blev hun gift med en anden pilot (Stoneman). Han fløj også togter ind over
Tyskland.
Han overlevede, og de fik de omtalte tre sønner som besøgte os i 2007.
John fortalte, at da deres far lå for døden, fik
de først historien at vide om deres mors forlovelse med Young. Det kom som
en absolut overraskelse for dem, så derfor under-
søgte de straks hvor han var faldet ned, og et besøg kom i stand i Vojens på
vores arkiv.
Vi havde da forinden i
samarbejde med personalet på Flyvestation Skrydstrup spurgt,
om vi måtte prøve at søge med en metaldetektor for evt. at kunne finde nogle
stumper
fra flyet. Det lykkedes fint, vi fandt flere stumper, som englænderne fik
med hjem, og
som de blev meget glade for."
Se Doris Hendrick som kun fik to dage med sin
mand
efter deres bryllup og Kvinder, også
Phyllis White.
 On 2 May 1942
MAN L7399 crashed near Lilholt
west of Haderslev (here).
See
photo from the crash site *
Manchester I L7399 shot down *
A burial * visit 2007
*
Monument.
The Stoneman brothers studying photos and documents at the
archive of local history in
Vojens.
Jes Ratzer sent many files to www.airmen.dk.
From his letter:
"Another thing is a visit in 2007 from England by the brothers Geoffrey,
Robert, and John Stoneman. Their mother was engaged to the pilot
Young, but
as he died
in
the air crash she married another pilot (Stoneman). He also flew on sorties
over Germany. He survived and they had the 3 sons who visited us in 2007.
John related that they were not told about
their mother's engagement to Young until their father was dying. It was a total surprise to them, so
they immediately investigated where he had crashed and a visit was arranged
by our archive in Vojens.
Prior to that and in cooperation with the staff of
Flyvestation
Skrydstrup
we had asked for permission to try to find pieces of wreckage with a metal
detector.
In a successful search we found a number of parts which the Englishmen were
very glad to bring home."
See the story of Doris Hendrick who had only
48 hours with her husband after their wedding, and other remarkable
Women including Phyllis
White. |
