Stirling III BK778 - At Beersted                                                                  Updated: 16 MAY 2009

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777182.htm Copeland A A Sgt RAF 75 p244.htm STI BK778 Minelaying At Beersted d041143 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a019044.htm Crawford-Watson L S F/Sgt RNZAF 75 p244.htm STI BK778 Minelaying At Beersted d041143 b131143 c019.htm Frederikshavn
a019045.htm Grimwood L Sgt RAF 75 p244.htm STI BK778 Minelaying At Beersted d041143 b131143 c019.htm Frederikshavn
a019046.htm Imrie G B F/Sgt RNZAF 75 p244.htm STI BK778 Minelaying At Beersted d041143 b131143 c019.htm Frederikshavn
a019047.htm James C F/Sgt RNZAF 75 p244.htm STI BK778 Minelaying At Beersted d041143 b131143 c019.htm Frederikshavn
a019048.htm Masters W S P/O RNZAF 75 p244.htm STI BK778 Minelaying At Beersted d041143 b131143 c019.htm Frederikshavn
a019049.htm Thomas R J Sgt RAF 75 p244.htm STI BK778 Minelaying At Beersted d041143 b131143 c019.htm Frederikshavn


STI BK778 styrtede ned her  200 m nordvest for Beerstedgård, Beerstedvej 3, 7752 Snedsted syd for Thisted (overblik her) den 4. november 1943.
Se beretning fra Birgit Kveiborg, som boede på gården.

Dette var i forbindelse med den samme mineudlægningsoperation til Østersøen, hvor STI BF461 styrtede ned her ved Kallerup omkring 2 km mod nord. Alle om bord
blev dræbt. Seks dræbte besætningsmedlemmer blev begravet i Frederikshavn den 13. november 1943.
Der blev aldrig fundet noget spor af den syvende besætningsmedlem, Sgt Copeland. (Kilde: FAF)

Airwar over Denmark har mere om dette fly og dets besætning. 7 flyvere. Flere links i engelsk version.

STI BK778 crashed here 200 m m northwest of Beerstedgård, Beerstedvej 3, 7752 Snedsted south of Thisted (overview here) on 4 November 1943.
See account from Birgit Kveiborg who lived on the farm.

This was in connection with the same minelaying operation to the Baltic Sea where STI BF461 crashed here at Kallerup about 2 km to the north. All on board perished.
6 killed crew members were buried in Frederikshavn on 13 November 1943.
No trace was ever found of the seventh crew member, Sgt Copeland. (Source: FAF)
                                
This plane in Lost Bombers here. See No. 75 Squadron at RAF Bomber Command 60th Anniversary and No. 75 Squadron RNZAF.
This Stirling started from RAF Mepal.
Airwar over Denmark has more about this plane and its crew. 7 airmen.