Francis William Webster         Photo: Knud Riis    Updated: 13 JAN 2023
                                                                          
F. Webster, sergeant of R.A.F.
dug up at Bjerregaard 28.6.1945,
buried 1.7.1945.

These stones were erected to thank
our Allied friends for the liberation.

Airman: a063005.htm Surname: Webster Init: F W Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 138
P_link: p397r.htm Plane: STI LK149 Operation: Drop in DK Crash_site: The North Sea.
Crash_d: d230245 Buried_d: b010745 C_link: c063.htm At_Next: Nr. Haurvig

Natten til den 24. februar 1945 styrtede STI LK149 i Nordsøen. Det var på vej med våbenforsyninger til
en modtageplads ved Hobro (her). Alle 7 flyvere omkom. (Kilde: FAF) 4 flyvere fra STI LK149 har ingen
kendt grav. 2 er begravet i Sdr. Nissum og 1 i Nr. Haurvig. Mere ved hver enkelt flyver.

"Liget af flyets navigatør, F. W. Webster, ilanddrev ved strandlen nr. 2 (her) ud for Bjerregaard, og blev af tyskerne begravet i havklitten.
Få dage efter Danmarks befrielse den 5. maj 1945 gav strandfoged P. Chr. Dahl, Gl. Bjerregaard, politimesteren i Ringkøbing meddelelse om de af tyskerne nedgravede allierede flyvere, han kendte til.
Sidst i juni 1945 hjalp P. Chr. Dahl og strandfoged Chr. Høj, Nymindegab, kriminalpolitiet fra Ringkøbing
med at finde frem til de i klitterne nedgravede flyvere.
På den måde gik det til at C.J. Blyth, A. Robson og F.W. Webster kunne begraves på en kirkegård.
Det skete den 1. juli 1945, hvor pastor Huus foretog jordpåkastelsen, under stor deltagelse fra både klitboerne og modstandsbevægelsen." (FAF)

Sergeant (Navigator) Francis William Webster, 22 år, var søn af Thomas og Mary Elizabeth Webster, Lathom, Lancashire, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

69 omkomne flyvere mindes på Mindetavlen i Rebild og i London, se 69 flyvere - St. Clement Danes. Se Google Map Rebild med 15 + 3 fly.
Formodet nedkastningssted "Marie" nær Hobro. (p397rMACR) 7 flyvere.

STI LK149 crashed in the North Sea on the night before 24 February 1945. It was on its way with supplies of weapons to a drop zone at Hobro.
All 7 airmen perished. (Source: FAF) 4 airmen from STI LK149 have no known grave. 2 are buried in Sdr. Nissum and 1 in Nr. Haurvig. More at each airman.

The body of Sgt (Navigator) F. W. Webster drifted shore at Bjerregaard (here) and the Germans buried him in the dunes.
A few days after the liberation of Denmark on 5 May 1945 receiver of wrecks P. Chr. Dahl, Gl. Bjerregaard, informed the police chief constable in Ringkøbing (here) about the airmen that he knew had been dug down by the Germans. In late June 1945 P. Chr. Dahl and receiver of wrecks Chr. Høj, Nymindegab, helped the police from Ringkøbing to find the airmen in the dunes.

In that way it became possible for C.J. Blyth, A. Robson and F.W. Webster to be buried in a churchyard. It took place on 1 July 1945. Vicar Huus officiated at the graveside ceremony which was attended by many local residents and members of the resistance movement. (Source: FAF)

Sergeant (Navigator) Francis William Webster, 22, was the son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Webster, of Lathom, Lancashire, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 261.   

See 69 perished airmen on the Memorial Plaque in Rebild and in London, 69 airmen - St. Clement Danes.

No. 138 Squadron - Wikipedia * Roll of Honour, Tempsford * Tempsford Special Duties Squadrons * A History of Tempsford Airfield.
Stirling IV LK149 NF-D took off from RAF Tempsford on 23 FEB 1945. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this + Archive Report.) Short Stirling. 7 airmen.