John Albert Bolton                          Updated: 11 JUN 2022

Airman: a048011.htm Surname: Bolton Init: J A Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 218

P_link: p174.htm Plane: STI BF515 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Tågerup Mose

Crash_d: d280443 Buried_d: b070543 C_link: c048.htm At_Next: K - Bispebjerg

 Om STI BF515 styrtet her ved Tågerup den 28. april 1943. Et monument for besætningen er rejst
ved nedstyrtningsstedet. Se foto af de 7 flyvere i Reerskev Kirke.

"BF515 blev over Sjælland angrebet af en tysk natjager, og efter en længere luftkamp eksploderede
flyet og styrtede ned i en mose ved Tågerup. Ligene af 2 besætningsmedlemmer (J.A. Bolton og
T.C. Wheelhouse) blev fundet dagen efter, og de blev begravet på Bispebjerg Kirkegård den 7. maj
1943." (FAF 88-33-11)  Se Minelægningsområder med området Sweetpeas (Kilde: p174MACR).

Sergeant (Air Gunner) John Albert Bolton, 21 år, var søn af Harry og Dorothy S. Bolton, Herne Hill, London, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC) 7 flyvere.

 About STI BF515 crashed here at Taagerup on 28 April 1943. A monument to the crew is erected
at the crash site. See photos of the 7 airmen in Reerslev Church.

"Over Zealand BF515 was attacked by a German night fighter, and the aeroplane exploded after a
rather long aerial combat and crashed into a bog at Taagerup. The bodies of 2 crew members
(J.A. Bolton and T.C. Wheelhouse) were found the next day, and they were buried in Bispebjerg
Cemetery on 7 May 1943." See Minelaying areas with the area Sweetpeas. (Source: p174MACR).

Sergeant (Air Gunner) John Albert Bolton, 21, was the son of Harry and Dorothy S. Bolton, of
Herne Hill, London, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, P 2, P 132.  

See No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAF * No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron 1936-1945 * Short Stirling * Google Map p169+MINELAYING.
Stirling III BF515 HA-n  took off from RAF Downham Market at 20:55 on 28 APR 1943.
(Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)   7 airmen.