Den 16. maj 1944 styrtede
LAN LL963 ved Avernakø og
LAN ME726 i Gamtofte under samme mission. Begge
Lancasters var fra
RAF Elsam Wolds.
Propel fra LAN LL963 afsløres af
Sgt Andrew Rudolson,
Royal
Air Force og
Den Britiske Ambassade og formand Ole
Munck Jensen,
Assens Dykkerklub.
Doris Hendrick og andre slægtninge til flyverne, der omkom i Gamtofte, deltog i
højtideligheden. Se Faldne engelske flyvere mindes og
Assens i engelsk avis.
Se Besøget 2004. Starten var
Den nat
himlen faldt ned af Lone Theils i
Berlingske Tidende.
Besøg 2016 * Monument 2021.
On 16 May 1944
LAN LL963 crashed at Avernakø and
LAN ME726 in Gamtofte on the same mission. Both
Lancasters
were from
RAF Elsam Wolds.
A propeller from
LAN LL963 is unveiled by Sgt Andrew Rudolson, the
Royal
Air Force
and the
British Embassy in Copenhagen and chairman Ole Munck Jensen,
Assens Diving Club.
Doris Hendrick and other relatives of the airmen who perished in Gamtofte attended the ceremony. See
Programme and After 60 years families visit aircrew´s graves.
See The visit 2004.
It all started with
Danes seek to
honour relatives of war crash RAF crew by Julian Isherwood in
The Daily Telegraph.
Visit 2016 * Monument 2021.
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