Stirling I R9261 - Kongsmark - Monument                                       Updated:  18 DEC 2010
 

Monument for besætningen på STI R9261
rejst her ved Støvlebækvej 12, 4200 Slagelse
Ny mindesten 1993 - og flugthistorien.
Se også mindestenen i 2010.

Monument to the crew of STI R9261
erected here at Støvlebækvej 12, 4200 Slagelse, see
New Memorial Stone 1993 - Escape from Denmark.
See also the memorial stone in 2010.

7 airmen fell here 21 April 1943.

These airmen were all killed at Kongsmark.
They were buried on 24 April, 1943.

One member of the crew saved himself with
a parachute from low altitude and survived.
Then he walked across Zealand and reached
Elsinore, where he was helped to evade to
Sweden.

Residents of the parish erected this memorial
on 24 April, 1993.


Den overlevende flyver var Sgt Donald V. Smith Hans søn skrev  "Endelig sammen" om sin faderen, nu her på Svinø med resten af besætningen på STI R9261.
Se Google Map Don's rute. Dave Smith har opdateret og udvidet historien, se Links for  Første flyver til Sverige   A letter and 3 telegrams.  
Se  Ny mindesten 1993 - og flugthistorien * Om Charles Parish * Besøg ved mindestenen 1999 * Besøg 2010 fra Helge Christiansen. Flere links i engelsk version.
TV2 ØST sendte Together at last del 1 (film 11:49) og Together at last del 2  (film 12:12) af Peter Kryger 12. og 13. juli 2009.

The surviving airman  was Sgt Donald V. Smith. His son Dave Smith wrote "Together at last" about his father, now here at Svinø with the rest
of the crew of STI R9261.
See Google Map Don's route. Dave Smith has updated and extended the story, see Links for  First Airman to Sweden   A Letter and 3 telegrams.
See also Don´s Diary.
TV2 EAST sent Together at last, part 1 (film 11:49) and Together at last, part 2  (film 12:12) by Peter Kryger on 12 and 13 July 2009.