Halifax II BB378 - Near Ugerløse                                                     Updated:  09 JAN 2012

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
o888192.htm Anderson N Sgt RAF 138 p247.htm HAL BB378 Drop in DK Near Ugerløse d111243 o888 o888.htm POW
o888193.htm Atkins B A F/Sgt RAF 138 p247.htm HAL BB378 Drop in DK Near Ugerløse d111243 o888 o888.htm POW
v999045.htm Bartter A C F/Lt RAF 138 p247.htm HAL BB378 Drop in DK Near Ugerløse d111243 v999 v999.htm EVD to S
v999046.htm Fry C W F/O RAF 138 p247.htm HAL BB378 Drop in DK Near Ugerløse d111243 v999 v999.htm EVD to S
v999047.htm Howell E Wt/O RAF 138 p247.htm HAL BB378 Drop in DK Near Ugerløse d111243 v999 v999.htm EVD to S
o888196.htm Riggs W R Sgt RAF 138 p247.htm HAL BB378 Drop in DK Near Ugerløse d111243 o888 o888.htm POW
o888195.htm Smith S G Sgt RAF 138 p247.htm HAL BB378 Drop in DK Near Ugerløse d111243 o888 o888.htm POW
o888194.htm Turvil F Wt/O RAF 138 p247.htm HAL BB378 Drop in DK Near Ugerløse d111243 o888 o888.htm POW


HAL BB378 var på SOE-mission, da flyet 11. december 1943 nødlandede mellem Ugerløse og Store Merløse omkring her nordøst for Bonderupgaard, Bonderupvej 150, 4370 Store Merløse. (Position fra Helge W. Gram) Se hvad der skete efter styrtet og se den lange beretning Mission til Sjælland fra F/O C.W. Fry
og danske kilder om 3 officerer fra HAL BB378 på Sjælland. Se Google Map Rebild med 15 fly mistet med tab af 69 liv + 3 fly mistet uden tab af liv.
Den korte version:
"Den var kort før kl. 02.00 skudt i brand af en tysk Ju88 over Sjællands højeste punkt Gyldenløveshøj (126 m, her, tættere på her), hvor chefen for SOE i Danmark Flemming B. Muus skulle være sprunget ud med faldskærm. Nødlandingen forløb perfekt, og få minutter efter stod alle 9 ombordværende uskadte på Bonderupgaards marker og så på det brændende vrag. De allierede flyvere blev inddelt i to hold på henholdsvis 3 og 5 mand, der skulle søge i udpegede retninger efter hjælp fra lokalbeboere, mens Muus selv fortsatte alene mod København. De 3 officerer kom hurtigt i kontakt med personer med nær tilknytning til modstandsbevægelsen, og få dage efter var de udskibet til Sverige. De 5 underofficerer gik det knapt så godt. Søndag den 13. december gik de ind hos en gårdejer i Ølsted (her) ved Frederikssund. Gårdejeren ringede øjeblikkelig til det danske politi og herfra blev den tyske værnemagt underrettet. I løbet af natten blev de 5 flyvere afhentet og overført til Høvelte
Kaserne (her)." (FT 88-35-18) 8 flyvere. 

HAL BB378 was on a SOE-mission, when the plane on 11 December 1943 crash landed between Ugerløse and Store Merløse about here northeast of
Bonderupgaard, Bonderupvej 150, 4370 Store Merløse. (Position from Helge W. Gram) See what happened after the crash and see the long account
Mission to Sjaelland from F/O C.W. Fry and Danish sources about 3 officers from HAL BB378 in Sjaelland. See Google Map Rebild with 15 + 3 planes lost.
The short version:
"Shortly before 02:00 it caught fire when attacked by a German Ju88 over the highest point of Sjælland, Gyldenløveshøj (126 m, here), where the chief of SOE in
Denmark was to bail out. The crash landing was perfect, and few minutes later all 9 on board stood unharmed in the fields of Bonderupgaard, watching the burning wreck. The allied airmen were divided in two teams of 3 and 5 airmen, who were to go in directions pointed out to them to seek help from local residents, while Muus himself
went on alone towards Copenhagen. The 3 officers quickly got in touch with people with close ties to the resistance movement, and they were sailed to Sweden a few days later. The 5 NCOs did not have the same luck. On Sunday 13 December they went in to a farmer in Ølsted (here) at Frederikssund. The farmer immediately called the Danish police, and the German Wehrmacht was informed. The 5 airmen were fetched during the night and transferred to Høvelte Barracks (here)." (FT 88-35-18)

See Bomber Command No. 138(Special) Squadron * No. 138 Squadron * RAF - Handley Page Halifax.  This Halifax took off from RAF Tempsford
See also  Tempsford Special Duties Squadrons * A History of RAF Tempsford * The Tempsford Airfield Pages *  Roll of Honour, Tempsford
8 airmen. Lost Bombers has this.