Halifax V LK705 - Klelund Plantage                                          Updated:  15 JUN 2010

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a014188.htm Bates R L Sgt RAF 431 p275.htm HAL LK705 Minelaying Klelund Plantage d260244 b030344 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014189.htm Howey E C P/O RCAF 431 p275.htm HAL LK705 Minelaying Klelund Plantage d260244 b030344 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014190.htm MacGillivray A D Sgt RAF 431 p275.htm HAL LK705 Minelaying Klelund Plantage d260244 b030344 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014191.htm Metcalf E R Sgt RAF 431 p275.htm HAL LK705 Minelaying Klelund Plantage d260244 b080344 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014192.htm Munro AMG P/O RCAF 431 p275.htm HAL LK705 Minelaying Klelund Plantage d260244 b080344 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014193.htm Stevenson G E Wt/O RCAF 431 p275.htm HAL LK705 Minelaying Klelund Plantage d260244 b030344 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014194.htm Wardell L T Sgt RCAF 431 p275.htm HAL LK705 Minelaying Klelund Plantage d260244 b080344 c014.htm Esbjerg


 Den 26. februar 1944 styrtede HAL LK705 under en minelægningsoperation ned her i Klelund Plantage, hvor der i 1947 blev rejst et monument.

"Medens 594 bombefly fløj til Augsburg, foretog 131 bombefly et togt til Kielerbugten og lagde miner. Tre Halifaxes og en Stirling gik tabt under mineringen.
LK705 blev ramt af en tysk natjager og styrtede brændende ned i Klelund plantage. Hele besætningen omkom og blev i begyndelsen af marts begravet i
Gravlunden i Fourfeldt ved Esbjerg.
Den 5. maj 1947 afsløredes en mindesten for de dræbte flyvere tæt ved skovfogedboligen i Klelund plantage." (FT 90-102-19)

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

 On 26 February 1944 during a minelaying operation HAL LK705 crashed here in the Klelund Plantation where a monument was erected in 1947.

While 594 bombers targeted Augsburg, 131 bombers carried out a minelaying operation in the Kiel Bay. 3 Halifaxes and 1 Stirling were lost during the operation.
LK705 was hit by a German night fighter and crashed, burning, into the Klelund Plantation. All of the crew perished. In the beginning of March the airmen were
buried at Esbjerg. On 5 March 1947 a memorial stone to the killed airmen was unveiled in the Klelund Plantation. (Source: FT 90-102-19)

See Anatomy of a Halifax and 431 Squadron RCAF at RAF Bomber Command 60th Anniversary. This Halifax took off from RAF Croft.
See also No. 431 Squadron at The History & Heritage of Canada´s Air Force and Snowbirds No. 431 Air Demonstration Squadron.

Airwar over Denmark has more about this plane and its crew. 7 airmen. Lost airmen has this.