Lancaster I LL950 - Vesterlund - Politirapport fra Arne Mosgaard Police Report Updated: 14 JUN 2017
LAN LL950 styrtede ned ved Vesterlund her (Kilde: David Whiting) hvor 4 flyvere blev fundet. Den bageste halvdel styrtede ned omkring her ca 700 m NV for Dørken. 3 lig blev fundet. (Gert B. Sørensen, nuværende ejer af Vester Dørkenvej 4, 7323 Give, fastslog at træer kan ikke gro i lysningen, hvor flyet faldt ned.)
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LAN LL950 crashed near Vesterlund
Translation from Stuart Tamblin, Police Report 22 May 1944 Police Officer Dreyer of Give had arrived at the place. The aircraft had been involved in aerial combat over Øster Nykirke and crashed in flames near the Horsens - Brande railway, north-west of Vesterlund. A part of the aircraft was found near Dørken where two or three bodies were found. The Wehrmacht have cordoned off the site along with the Civil Defence from Vejle. At 15:30, Captain Broberg announced that there were no bombs or mines in the aircraft. The track was cleared. Rail services can resume.
Near Vesterlund, the German
Wehrmacht has unearthed four partially-charred bodies. The railway track is
filled with burning wreckage from the aircraft. Near Dørken 25 May : The bodies of the eight airmen had been allowed by the Germans to lie out in the open until the evening of 24 May, when the Wehrmacht from Give removed them. |