Halifax II DT620 - Off Store Heddinge                                          Updated: 12 MAY 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e222013.htm Chambers C F Sgt RAF 138 p143.htm HAL DT620 SOE to PL Off Store Heddinge d140343 e222j e222j.htm Fjelie, S
a048001.htm Harrap H R Sgt RNZAF 138 p143.htm HAL DT620 SOE to PL Off Store Heddinge d140343 b070443 c048.htm K - Bispebjerg
e777186.htm Mairs T Sgt RAF 138 p143.htm HAL DT620 SOE to PL Off Store Heddinge d140343 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a048002.htm Masson E S F/Sgt RCAF 138 p143.htm HAL DT620 SOE to PL Off Store Heddinge d140343 b190343 c048.htm K - Bispebjerg
a048003.htm Ross D R Sgt RCAF 138 p143.htm HAL DT620 SOE to PL Off Store Heddinge d140343 b190343 c048.htm K - Bispebjerg
a048004.htm Sixsmith A C Sgt RAF 138 p143.htm HAL DT620 SOE to PL Off Store Heddinge d140343 b190443 c048.htm K - Bispebjerg
a048005.htm Smith L R F/Sgt RAF 138 p143.htm HAL DT620 SOE to PL Off Store Heddinge d140343 b260343 c048.htm K - Bispebjerg


"Under en SOE-flyvning til Polen med våbenforsyninger blev Halifax DT620 skudt ned over Stevns. Flyet nedstyrtede den 14. marts 1943 kl. 21.45
på 7-8 m vand ved Harvig (her). Alle ombordværende blev dræbt." (FAF) 21.42 14 MAR 1943 af Oblt Martin Drewes siger Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims.
Se Google Map p143 HAL DT620. Zoom. SDFE-kort HAL DT620. Overblik over besætningen. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver.
Se 5 sider om Halifax II DT620 skudt ned over Østersøen ud for Stevns 14/3-1943 mest af Niels B. Pedersen (kort navn 5HALsn). Se FLUKO - tysk kort.
Se denne kommentar af Anders Straarup at Sgt Thomas Mairs må være begravet på Bispebjerg Kirkegård.

Nedstyrtningsstedet i nærbillede var her, stik øst for Jens Hansens hus her, nu Harvig 4, 4673 Rødvig Stevns. (Kilde: Niels B. Pedersen)

Den 5. september 2010 kl. 11.30 blev en mindesten afsløret her ved Højerup Ny Kirke, Højerup Bygade 37, 4660 Store Heddinge for besætningen på Halifax DT620
på initiativ af Niels B. Pedersen og andre i området! Det er nær Stevns Klint. Niels B. Pedersen sendte denne invitation til mig (men jeg var til Air Show i Duxford).

 Se monumentet dækket af sne med link til fotos og dokumenter. Se også fotos fra Halifax Memorial Day 5 September 2012.
Se artikel om Flagdagen den 5. september 2014.
Fra HAL DT620 blev 5 flyvere begravet på Bispebjerg og 1 i Sverige, mens 1 har ingen kendt grav. Se p143MACR om denne besætning. 7 flyvere. 

"Halifax DT620 was shot down over Stevns on a SOE-operation to Poland with supplies of weapons. The plane ditched on 14 March 1943 at 21:45
in the sea at Harvig at a depth of 7-8 m (here). All on board were killed." (FAF) 21.42 14 MAR 1943 by Oblt Martin Drewes states Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims.
See Google Map p143 HAL DT620. Zoom. SDFE-map HAL DT620. Overview of the crew. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes.
 
See 5 pages about Halifax II DT620 shot down over the Baltic Sea off Stevns on 14 March 1943 mostly by Niels B. Pedersen (short name 5HALsd).
See also a comment by Anders Straarup stating that Sgt Thomas Mairs must be buried in Bispebjerg Cemetery.

The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has this about Sergeant Donald Robin Ross and about others buried in Bispebjerg Cemetery, including Sgt Thomas Mairs
 and this - see Digital Collection, Casualty Enquiry D.122 * Amendment to D.122 * Funeral Bispebjerg - about Flight Sergeant E.S. Masson and other crew members.

The crash site at close range was here, due east of Jens Hansen´s house here, now Harvig 4, DK-4673 Rødvig Stevns. (Source: Niels B. Pedersen)
On 5 September 2010 a memorial stone to the crew of HAL DT620 was unveiled at Højerup New Church on the initiative of Niels B. Pedersen and others in
the area! It is near Stevns Cliff.

See the monument covered by snow with the link to photos and documents. See also photos from Halifax Memorial Day 5 September 2012.
See article with photos from 5 SEP 2014.
Halifax II DT620 NF-T took off from RAF Tempsford at 17.50 hrs on 14 MAR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)

5 airmen from HAL DT620  were buried in Bispebjerg and 1 in Sweden, while 1 has no known grave. See p143MACR about this crew and FLUKO - German map.
See Halifax Print * Halifax - Bless 'Em All * Lancaster+Halifax * Tempsford Special Duties Squadrons * Special Operations Executive
35 Airmen shot down over Denmark on SOE Missions to Poland  * No. 138 Squadron * RAF Tempsford  *  Roll of Honour, Tempsford    7 airmen.