Stirling III EF154 - Hirsholmene                                          Updated:  21 SEP 2011

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777097.htm Barrie F W Sgt RAF 199 p246.htm STI EF154 Minelaying Near Hirsholmene d011243 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
u019063.htm Carlson C 2ndLt USAAF 199 p246.htm STI EF154 Minelaying Near Hirsholmene d011243 b081243 c019.htm Frederikshavn
e777098.htm Cunningham G S Sgt RAF 199 p246.htm STI EF154 Minelaying Near Hirsholmene d011243 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777099.htm Dawe H V Sgt RAF 199 p246.htm STI EF154 Minelaying Near Hirsholmene d011243 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a019050.htm Knowles J A F/Sgt RAF 199 p246.htm STI EF154 Minelaying Near Hirsholmene d011243 b081243 c019.htm Frederikshavn
a019051.htm Robotham K J Sgt RAF 199 p246.htm STI EF154 Minelaying Near Hirsholmene d011243 b081243 c019.htm Frederikshavn
e777100.htm Stockwell C S Sgt RAF 199 p246.htm STI EF154 Minelaying Near Hirsholmene d011243 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


STI EF154 skulle kaste miner ved indsejlingen til havnen i Frederikshavn den 1. december 1943. Flyet blev ramt af flak og styrtede ned i
målområdet mellem Frederikshavn og øerne Hirsholmene omkring her.
Kort efter nedstyrtningen blev ligene af 3 besætningsmedlemmer bjærget, og de blev begravet på Frederikshavn Kirkegård den 8. december 1943.

4 besætningsmedlemmer har ingen kendt grav. (Kilde: FT 89-70-30)

7 flyvere. 

STI EF154 was to drop mines at the entrance to the harbour of Frederikshavn on 1 December 1943. The plane was hit by flak and crashed
in the drop zone between Frederikshavn and the islands Hirsholmene about here.
The bodies of 3 crew members were recovered shortly after the crash, and they were buried in Frederikshavn Cemetery on 8 December 1943.

4 crew members have no known grave. (Source: FT 89-70-30)

See Bomber Command No. 199 Squadron. This Stirling took off from RAF Lakenheath. See also the Stirling Aircraft Society. Lost Bombers has this.

7 airmen.