Frank Wakefield Upton Photo: Knud Riis 21 April 2013 10 JUN 2022
Airman: a014135.htm Surname: Upton Init: F W Rank: F/Sgt Service: RNZAF Sqdn: 75
P_link: p162.htm Plane: STI BF506 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: At Bøgballe
Crash_d: d210443 Buried_d: b300443 C_link: c014.htm At_Next: Esbjerg, A.11.Coll.grave11-14=c14
"Under en stor overflyvning af Danmark
natten til den 21. april 1943, hvor bombemålene var
Stettin
og
Rostock,
nedstyrtede mindst 17 fly på dansk område.
- - -
Fra Stirling BF506 (Rostock) nåede man at sende
et signal hjem om, at flyet var i brand, inden det
styrtede ned og splintredes
ved Bøgballe vest for Horsens. Hele besætningen blev dræbt." (FAF)
Se
nedstyrtningsstedet
her i 1943 og 2005.
Fra øjenvidner:Signe Rømer i 2008*Hanne Jørgensen i 2011.
Flight Sergeant (Air Bomber) Frank Wakefield
Upton, 28 år, var søn af Fredrick Samuel og Isabel
Upton, Christchurch,
Canterbury, New Zealand.
(Kilde:
CWGC) Hans niece Diana Ramsay og hendes
mand
Brian Ramsay, New Zealand, besøgte Danmark i 1998 og 2004, se link.
Philippa Tolley
talte på vegne af familie og venner af de 4 flyvere fra New Zealand den 21
April 2013.
Mindesten
for 7 flyvere fra
STI BF506 rejst
her af Mads Nielsen, Bøgballe. Se
Officielt besøg
1985,
Gæster fra New Zealand 1998 og 2004 og
Ved mindestenen 2008.
Se Om mindeceremonier 4. maj 2011
og
tale af Anders Straarup. Foto 25. maj 2011 viser
nedstyrtningsstedet bag
Mindestenen.
Se Stettin+Rostock April 1943 *
Kostbar gave på Hitlers fødselsdag * Besætningen på STI BF506.
Se også STI BF476
der mavelandede på Kragelund Fælled
her
40 minutter tidligere.
"At least 17 planes crashed in Danish
territory during a great overflight of Denmark on the night before 21 April 1943
targeting
Stettin - Szczecin and
Rostock.
- - -
From Stirling BF506 (Rostock) they just had time
to send a signal home that the plane was burning,
before it crashed and
splintered at Bøgballe west of Horsens.
All of the crew were killed."
(FAF)
See the crash site
here in 1943 and 2005.
Accounts from eye witnesses Signe Rømer in 2008
and
Hanne Jørgensen in 2011.
Photo 25 May 2011 shows the crash site behind the
Monument.
Flight Sergeant (Air Bomber) Frank Wakefield
Upton, 28, was the son of Fredrick Samuel and Isabel Upton, of Christchurch,
Canterbury, New Zealand.
(Source: CWGC)
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 257.
His
niece Diana Ramsay and her husband Brian Ramsay, New Zealand,
visited Denmark in 1998 and 2004. Newspaper
2013 Thank you -
Philippa Tolley spoke on behalf of families
and friends of the 4 New Zealand airmen on 21
April 2013.
Monument to
7 airmen from
STI BF506 erected
here by Mads Nielsen, Bøgballe. See
Official visit
1985, Visitors from New Zealand 1998 and 2004
and
At monument 2008. See also About memorial ceremonies 2011 and the speech in
Bøgballe. Photo
25 May 2011 shows the crash site behind the
Monument.
Aircrew Remembered
has
this + Archive
Report. See
No. 75 Squadron
RNZAF-Wikipedia. This
Stirling took off from
RAF Newmarket.
The
IBCC has more on the Operation at
each airman.See The crew of Stirling III BF506 *
Airmen are relaxing *
Graves 1948 * Bill Ellis remembered *
21 April 2014.
75(nz)squadron has
a lot including RAF
Records April 1943 - find 20.04.43 with details of the last flight of this
plane and crew.
75 Squadron Association
NZ + UK
See also Stettin +
Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943. See also STI BF476
which crash landed at Kragelund Fælled
here 40 minutes earlier. 7 airmen.