Stirling MK IV LK143 NF-B  -  Off Søndervig                                                      Updated: 12 JAN 2012

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777014.htm Butler A C Sgt RAF 138 p436r.htm STI LK143 Drop in DK Off Søndervig d031244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777015.htm Filer FAW Sgt RAF 138 p436r.htm STI LK143 Drop in DK Off Søndervig d031244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777016.htm Golding J A F/Sgt RAF 138 p436r.htm STI LK143 Drop in DK Off Søndervig d031244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777017.htm Harris J G F/Sgt RAF 138 p436r.htm STI LK143 Drop in DK Off Søndervig d031244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777013.htm Nichols G F F/O RAF 138 p436r.htm STI LK143 Drop in DK Off Søndervig d031244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777018.htm Poulson L W F/Sgt RAAF 138 p436r.htm STI LK143 Drop in DK Off Søndervig d031244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777019.htm Terrell C E P/O RAF 138 p436r.htm STI LK143 Drop in DK Off Søndervig d031244 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


Den 2. december 1944 startede STI LK143 mod Danmark og forsvandt. Omkring midnat må flyet være styrtet ned, måske omkring her. Hele besætningen omkom.

Disse flyvere er mindet på Mindetavlen i Rebild på Flyverstenen i Rebild, her i foto og tekst fra Rebildselskabet - Dansk Amerikansk Venskabsforening,
der hvert år fejrer 4. juli i Rebild Bakker. De mindes også i London. Se 69 flyvere - St. Clement Danes. Se Google Map Rebild med 15 fly mistet med tab af liv + 3.
Finn Buch har indhentet disse oplysninger i kort form, her som almindelig tekst:
Natten mellem 2. og 3. December 1944 var Stirling MK IV LK143 NF-B på operation SOE Tablejam 169/177. Flyet forlod basen Tempsford om aftenen med kurs
mod to nedkastningspladser i Danmark med kodenavnene Meta og Marius. Fly og besætning sporløst gået tabt!

Alex Nors Nielsen sendte 15. april 2011 flere oplysninger, se En del af en vinge med angivelse af, hvor den blev fundet. Flyet styrtede ned måske omkring her.

7 flyvere. 

On 2 December 1944 STI LK143 took off heading for Denmark and disappeared. It must have crashed about midnight, maybe about here. All of the crew perished.
These airmen are commemorated on the Memorial Tablet in Rebild on the Aviator Stone in Rebild, here in photo and text from the
Rebild Society - A Danish American Friendship Organization which every year celebrates 4 July in the Rebild Hills. See also 69 airmen - St. Clement Danes.

Finn Buch has obtained this information in a short version, here as plain text:
During the night between 2 and 3 December, 1944 Stirling MK IV LK143 NF-B was on operation SOE Tablejam 169/177. It left Tempsford Air Base in the evening
setting course for two Drop Zones in Denmark, code named Meta and Marius. Aircraft and crew lost without trace!

On 15 April 2011 Alex Nors Nielsen sent more information, see A part of a wing with an indication of where it was found. The plane crashed maybe about here.

See Bomber Command No. 138 (Special) Squadron * No. 138 Squadron * Roll of Honour, Tempsford * This Stirling took off from RAF Tempsford
See also  Tempsford Special Duties Squadrons * A History of RAF Tempsford * The Tempsford Airfield Pages. Google Map Rebild with 15 + 3 planes.
Lost Bombers has this.  7 airmen.