LAN EE138 blev mindet i 1943 med et
trækors, i 1950 med mindestenen til venstre og i 2008 med
disse bronzetavler og
trækorset, se tekster og mere. Se stedet.
Den australske ambassadør Ms. Sharyn Minahan og Donald Stewart afslørede
mindetavlerne for de 125 private gæster og officielle repræsentanter 4.
september 2008.
Margaret Downing, 85 år, mistede ved styrtet sin ældre bror
Sidney Forrester.
Fra familien deltog også Peter Forrester, der tog billeder på dagen.
Donald Stewart mistede
sin fætter E.G. Carthew. Også slægtninge af
C.R. Kelaher, C.A. Walsh og
E.A.C.
Thirkettle deltog. TV MIDTVEST sendte 28. december 2008
Det
lange farvel (film, 21 min.) hvor historien fortælles via interview med
Jessie Bowler, enke efter
E.A.C.
Thirkettle.
Den film blev 21. september 2013 fulgt op af
Bunkerne -
Dødens Forposter
(film, 28 min.) med mere om nedskydning af
B17 42-31377 med
Lester Schrenk
og
LAN EE138,
se denne side. Der er sekvenser med Jessie Bowler og Lester Schrenk.
Se
Lancaster EE138 AR-E2 med mange detaljer om højtideligheden 65 år efter
styrtet og om
besætningen, flyet og andet, sidste operation og nedstyrtningsstedet samt links.
Kvinder.
LAN EE138 was commemorated in 1943 with a wooden cross,
in 1950 with the monument to the left and in 2008 with
plaques and cross,see
texts and more here
The Australian Ambassador Ms.
Sharyn Minahan and Donald Stewart unveiled the plaques for the 125 people from
Denmark, England and Australia
on 4 SEP 2008.
Margaret Downing, 85, lost her elder brother
Sidney Forrester in the crash.
From his family also Peter Forrester, who took photos on the day, was present.
Donald Stewart lost his cousin
E.G. Carthew in the crash. Relatives of C.R. Kelaher,
C.A. Walsh and E.A.C.
Thirkettle
were also present. Some were left.
On
28 DEC 2008
TV MIDTVEST sent
Det
lange farvel
The long Farewell (film, 21 min.) where the story is
told via interview with Jessie Bowler, the widow of
E.A.C.
Thirkettle. On 21 September 2013 that film was followed by
Bunkerne -
Dødens Forposter The Bunkers - Outposts of Death
(film, 38 min.)
with more about
the shotdown of
B17 42-31377 Pot O'Gold with
Lester Schrenk
and
LAN EE138. There are sequences with
Jessie Bowler and Lester Schrenk.
See
Lancaster EE138 AR-E2 with details about the 65th Commemoration,
the story, the
crew, the plane, the last operation, the crash site, and links.
Women.
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