Stirling IV LK238 - Near Vemb                                                           Updated:  02 MAY 2012

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
o888072.htm Abecassis G E S/Ldr RAF 161 p379r.htm STI LK 238 Drop in DK Near Vemb d071044 o888 o888.htm POW
v999005.htm Flower L N P/O RAF 161 p379r.htm STI LK 238 Drop in DK Near Vemb d071044 v999 v999.htm EVD to S
v999006.htm Gee R E F/Lt RAF 161 p379r.htm STI LK 238 Drop in DK Near Vemb d071044 v999 v999.htm EVD to S
v999007.htm Moloney P J P/O RAF 161 p379r.htm STI LK 238 Drop in DK Near Vemb d071044 v999 v999.htm EVD to S
a026001.htm Philp R F P/O RAAF 161 p379r.htm STI LK 238 Drop in DK Near Vemb d071044 b150645 c026.htm Gørding
o888073.htm Walker K H F/O RAF 161 p379r.htm STI LK 238 Drop in DK Near Vemb d071044 o888 o888.htm POW
v999008.htm Woodham S C F/O RAF 161 p379r.htm STI LK 238 Drop in DK Near Vemb d071044 v999 v999.htm EVD to S


"På vej til to jyske modtagepladser med våben til den danske modstandsbevægelse nedstyrtede et Stirling fly natten til den 7. oktober 1944 på gården Stamphøjs
jorder i Gørding sogn. (Måske omkring her.) Ved flyvraget blev fundet et dræbt besætningsmedlem, R.F. Philp fra Queensland i Australien." (FAF)

Arne Mosgaard sendte Flyvergraven i Gørding * Om LK238 * Flugten gennem et besat land * Nogen hjalp - Gee.
Se også Om 3 engelske flyvere - beretning fra Mogens Pedersen. Mere i engelsk version.

Se mindesten netop her ved hegnet, hvor Philp blev gravet ned af den tyske værnemagt. Det er ca. 300 m nord for Skalstrupvej 14, 7570 Vemb, ca. 700 m nord for
gården Stamphøj og ca. 3 km nord for Gørding Kirke, hvor Philp blev begravet den 15. juni 1945.

Fra STI LK 238 er 1 flyver begravet i Gørding, 2 blev taget til fange og 4 nåede Sverige med hjælp fra modstandsbevægelsen.

69 omkomne flyvere fra dette og 14 andre fly mindes på Mindetavlen i Rebild. De mistede livet under nedkastningsoperationer til modstandsbevægelsen.
Af samme grund mindes de i London. Se 69 flyvere - St. Clement Danes. Se Google Map Rebild med 15 fly mistet med tab af 69 liv + 3 fly mistet uden tab af liv.
7 flyvere.

On its way to two drop zones in Jutland with weapons for the Danish resistance movement STI LK 238 crashed on the night before 7 October, 1944 into a field of
the farm Stamphøj. (Maybe about here.) A perished member of the crew, R.F. Philp from Queensland, Australia was found at the wreck. (Source: FAF)

See the memorial stone just here at the hedgerow, where Philp was dug down by the German Wehrmacht. It is about 300 m north of Skalstrupvej 14, DK-7570 Vemb,
about 700 m north of the farm Stamphøj and about 3 km north of Gørding Church, where Philp was buried on 15 June, 1945.

See also About 3 British airmen - an account from Mogens Pedersen and Statement by GEE, WOODHAM and MOLONEY from Mogens Pedersen. His father
Herluf Pedersen had a citation from General Eisenhower like this and from Air Chief Marshall sir Arthur Tedder just like the ones awarded to a few other citizens.
See files about Jens Ingemann Jørgensen and his assistance (certificates page 7 and 9) to Rowland T. Williams.

1 airman from STI LK 238 is buried in Gørding, 2 became POWs and 4 evaded to Sweden with help from the resistance movement.

69 perished airmen from this and 14 other planes are commemorated on the Memorial Tablet in Rebild. They lost their lives on flights with weapons to the
Danish resistance. For the same reason they are commemorated in London. See 69 airmen - St. Clement Danes. See Google Map Rebild with 15 + 3 planes lost.
See Bomber Command (Special) Squadron No. 161 * Tempsford Special Duties Squadrons * A History of RAF Tempsford * RAF Tempsford.
7 airmen. Lost bombers has this.