Charles Dale McKelvie      Knud Riis    Updated: 17 MAY 2022

Airman: a014143.htm Surname: McKelvie Init: C D Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 90

P_link: p154.htm Plane: STI BF508 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Fænøsund

Crash_d: d210443 Buried_d: b290743 C_link: c014.htm At_Next: Esbjerg, A3. 8. 23

Den 21. april 1943 styrtede STI BF508 i Fænøsund nær Teglgaarden, måske omkring her.
(Kilde: AOD) Det blev ramt af flak på vej til Rostock.
Alle ombord omkom.

Sergeant C. D. McKelvie blev fundet den 23. juli 1943 ved Skrillinge Strand, måske omkring her.
Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 29. juli 1943. (Kilde: AOD)

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Charles Dale McKelvie, 22 år, britisk statsborger, var
søn af William og Catherine McKelvie; nevø af John D. McKelvie, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
(Kilde: CWGC)

2 flyvere fra STI BF508 er begravet i Esbjerg og 1 i Odense. 4 har ingen kendt grav.
7 flyvere. Se Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.

On 21 April 1943 STI BF508 crashed into the Fænøsund near Teglgaarden, maybe about here. (Source: AOD) It was hit by flak on its way to Rostock.
All on board perished.

On 23 July 1943 Sergeant C. D. McKelvie was found on Skrillinge Strand, maybe about here. He was buried in Esbjerg on 29 July 1943. (Source: AOD)

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Charles Dale McKelvie, 22, a citizen of the United
Kingdom, was the son of William and Catherine McKelvie, and the nephew of John D. McKelvie,
of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Source: CWGC) "When shall their glory fade"
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Ph 2, P 209. 

2 airmen from STI BF508 are buried in Esbjerg and 1 in Odense. 4 airmen have no known grave.
See No. 90 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia with this Short Stirling. See Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.The IBCC has Reason for Loss at each airman.
Stirling III BF508 WP-S took off from RAF Ridgewell at 21:49 on 20 APR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)   7 airmen.