Dæk - tyre Stirling III BF508? - Gamborg Fjord  Stirling * dæk/tyre * position  Photos from Axel Sommerby 30 JUN 2015

Den 21. april 1943 styrtede STI BF508 i Fænøsund nær Teglgaarden,
måske omkring her.

25. juni 2015 sendte Axel Sommerby dette om fundet af et dæk:

En ven i Militærhistorisk Forening Fredericia, havde observeret et meget stort dæk i strandkanten ved Gamborg fjord, nær Middelfart.

Vi var der ude på stedet og kunne se det måtte være hoved hjul dæk fra en Stirling,
fælgen er der ikke, kun gummiet.

At den har ligget her siden 1943 er ret utroligt!  Men stranden her er et roligt sted,
ligger i læ og her er aldrig de store bølger, så strandkanten er ikke i forandring. 
Stirling BF 508 nedstyrtede i 1943 ved Teglgården Middelfart. Det er jo tæt på hvor gummidækket ligger, vel ikke mere end 500 - 600 meter herfra.


On 21 April 1943
STI BF508 crashed into the Fænøsund near Teglgaarden,
maybe about here.
       
On 25 June 2015 Axel Sommerby sent this about the find of a tyre:

A friend in the Society of Military History in Fredericia had observed a very large
tyre on the beach at Gamborg Fjord, near Middelfart.

We went to the place and we could see that it had to be the tyre of a main wheel
of a Stirling. The rim is not there, only the rubber.

Hard to believe that it has been here since 1943! But this beach is a quiet place,
sheltered and there are never big waves, so the beach does not change.

Stirling BF 508 crashed in 1943 near Teglgaarden, Middelfart. It is rather close to
where the rubber tyre is lying, app. 500-600 metres away.