Stirling LJ942 - Roskilde Fjord                                                                     Updated:  08 NOV 2011

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
v999013.htm Dillon C P/O RAF 299 p418r.htm STI LJ942 Drop in DK Roskilde Fjord d030445 v999 v999.htm EVD to S
o888131.htm Farmer H J F/Sgt RAF 299 p418r.htm STI LJ942 Drop in DK Roskilde Fjord d030445 o888 o888.htm POW
v999014.htm Hart H J Wt/O RAF 299 p418r.htm STI LJ942 Drop in DK Roskilde Fjord d030445 v999 v999.htm EVD to S
v999015.htm Hills A Wt/O RAF 299 p418r.htm STI LJ942 Drop in DK Roskilde Fjord d030445 v999 v999.htm EVD to S
o888132.htm Laing C V Sgt? RAF 299 p418r.htm STI LJ942 Drop in DK Roskilde Fjord d030445 o888 o888.htm POW
a110003.htm McBeath T A P/O RCAF 299 p418r.htm STI LJ942 Drop in DK Roskilde Fjord d030445 b090645 c110.htm Kirke Værløse
 
Natten til den 3. april 1945 styrtede STI LJ942 i Roskilde Fjord her nord for Frederikssund. Se Google Map p418r.
3 flyvere nåede Sverige, 2 blev krigsfanger og 1 blev begravet i Kirke Værløse. (Kilde: FT 88-44-51) Se den lange historie.
Se også www.gunnarmarboe.dk om Besættelsen og hverdagsliv 1940-1945 og især Pilot under jorden om Dillon og andre flyvere fra dette fly.

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.

 6 flyvere.

On the night before 3 April 1945 STI LJ942 crashed into Roskilde Fjord here north of Frederikssund. See Google Map p418r.
3 airmen evaded to Sweden, 2 became prisoners of war and 1 one buried in Kirke Værløse. (Source: FT 88-44-51) See the long story.
See also www.gunnarmarboe.dk about a family 1940-1945 and Pilot under jorden about Dillon and other airmen from this plane. In Danish but with some photos.

69 perished airmen from this and 14 other planes are commemorated on the Memorial Tablet in Rebild. They lost their lives in supply operations 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 History of No. 299 Squadron at Royal Air Force History and 299 Squadron at Unit Histories. This Stirling took off from RAF Shepherds Grove.

6 airmen.