Gordon Frederick Berridge Photo: Britta Pedersen Updated: 11 JUN 2022

Airman: a076001.htm Surname: Berridge Init: G F Rank: F/Lt Service: RAF Sqdn: 218

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

Crash_d: d290443 Buried_d: b150446 C_link: c076.htm At_Next: Reerslev

 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. Efter krigen lykkedes det at fremdrage resterne af de
sidste 5 besætningsmedlemmer (G.F. Berridge, K.F. Erne, A.A. Fitzpatrick, C.V. Parsloe og
J.M. Traynor). De blev begravet i een kiste den 15. april 1946 på Reerslev Kirkegård." (FAF 88-33-11)
Se mere ved STI BF515. Se Minelægningsområder med området Sweetpeas (Kilde: p174MACR).

Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Gordon Frederick Berridge var fra 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 remains of the last 5 crew members (G.F. Berridge, K.F. Erne, A.A. Fitzpatrick, C.V. Parsloe og J.M. Traynor) were found after the war.
They were buried in a single coffin in Reerslev Churchyard on 15 April 1946." (FAF 88-33-11) See Minelaying areas with the area Sweetpeas. (Source: p174MACR).

Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Gordon Frederick Berridge was from the United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, P 2, P 130. 

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.