Spitfire "Skagen Ind"                                                                                          Updated:  19 APR 2013

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 Den 9. april 1942 overrakte Frie Danske i London premierminister Winston Churchill
en check på £ 38.300 til indkøb af Spitfires.              Piloten øverst er Jørgen Thalbitzer.
See Prime Minister Winston Churchill's Message to Free Danes.
(Kilde: Emil Blytgen-Petersen: Frie Danske i London 1940-45, udgivet 1977.)

 

 

 

On 9 April 1942 "Free Danes" presented Churchill with a cheque of £ 38.000
from a subscription for the purchase of Spitfires.
See Prime Minister Winston Churchill's Message to Free Danes.
The next day three Spitfires took off with the Dannebrog painted on the fuselage.
They were named "Niels Ebbesen", "Valdemar Sejr" and "Skagen Ind".
 Skagen was the target of all free Danish sailors. The two Danish Pilots
on "Skagen Ind" are Aksel Svendsen and Jørgen Thalbitzer (at the top).
Source: Emil Blytgen-Petersen: Frie Danske i London 1940-45, published in 1977.)