Stirling III BF515 - Tågerup Mose Updated: 20 SEP 2009
| Airman | Surname | Init | Rank | Service | Sqdn | P_link | Plane | Operation | Crash_site | Crash_d | Buried_d | C_link | At_Next |
| a076001.htm | Berridge | G F | F/Lt | RAF | 218 | p174.htm | STI BF515 | Minelaying | Tågerup Mose | d280443 | b150446 | c076.htm | Reerslev |
| a048011.htm | Bolton | J A | Sgt | RAF | 218 | p174.htm | STI BF515 | Minelaying | Tågerup Mose | d280443 | b070543 | c048.htm | K - Bispebjerg |
| a076002.htm | Erne | K F | Sgt | RAF | 218 | p174.htm | STI BF515 | Minelaying | Tågerup Mose | d280443 | b150446 | c076.htm | Reerslev |
| a076003.htm | Fitzpatrick | A A | Sgt | RAF | 218 | p174.htm | STI BF515 | Minelaying | Tågerup Mose | d280443 | b150446 | c076.htm | Reerslev |
| a076004.htm | Parsloe | C V | F/O | RAF | 218 | p174.htm | STI BF515 | Minelaying | Tågerup Mose | d280443 | b150446 | c076.htm | Reerslev |
| a076005.htm | Traynor | J M | P/O | RAF | 218 | p174.htm | STI BF515 | Minelaying | Tågerup Mose | d280443 | b150446 | c076.htm | Reerslev |
| a048012.htm | Wheelhouse | T C | F/O | RAF | 218 | p174.htm | STI BF515 | Minelaying | Tågerup Mose | d280443 | b070543 | c048.htm | K - Bispebjerg |
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"BF515 blev over Sjælland angrebet af en tysk natjager, og efter en længere luftkamp eksploderede flyet og styrtede ned i en mose ved Tågerup. Ligene af 2 besætningsmedlemmer (J.A. Bolton og T.C. Wheelhouse) blev fundet dagen efter, og de blev begravet på Bispebjerg Kirkegård den 7. maj 1943. Efter krigen lykkedes det at fremdrage resterne af de sidste 5 besætningsmedlemmer (G.F. Berridge, K.F. Erne, A.A. Fitzpatrick, C.V. Parsloe og J.M. Traynor). De blev begravet i een kiste den 15. april 1946 på Reerslev Kirkegård." (FAF 88-33-11) Airwar over Denmark har mere om dette fly og dets besætning. 7 flyvere. Flere links i engelsk version.
"Over Zealand BF515 was attacked by a German night fighter, and the aeroplane exploded after a rather long aerial combat and crashed into a bog at Taagerup. The bodies of 2 crew members (J.A. Bolton and T.C. Wheelhouse) were found the next day, and they were buried in Bispebjerg Cemetery on 7 May 1943. The remains of the last 5 crew members (G.F. Berridge, K.F. Erne, A.A. Fitzpatrick, C.V. Parsloe og J.M. Traynor) were found after the war. They were buried in a single coffin in Reerslev Churchyard on 15 April 1946." (FAF 88-33-11) See
No. 218 Squadron at
RAF Bomber Command 60th
Anniversary and 218 (Gold
Coast) Squadron Association. This
Stirling started from
RAF Downham Market. |