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Denne flyver er en af 69 omkomne flyvere mindet på Flyverstenen i
Rebild, se Rebild 2012. Hvert
år fejrer
Rebildselskabet 4. juli i
Rebild Bakker.
Han mindes også i London.
Se 69 flyvere - St. Clement Danes. Se
Google Map Rebild med 15 fly mistet med tab af liv + 3.
Finn Buch har indhentet disse oplysninger i kort form, her som almindelig
tekst:
Natten mellem 26. og 27. november 1944 var Stirling MK IV LK151 på operation SOE
Tablejam 69. Flyet forlod basen Tempsford kl. 2000 den 26. november 1944. Det
nedkastede 18 containere
(se
foto)
og 1 Eureca på en nedkastningsplads ved Krengerup på
Fyn. Det formodes at være blevet skudt ned af et JU88-fly fra 1/NJG3.
Sandsynligvis styrtede det i vandet i Lillebælt nær Assens.
(Krengerup
Gods er
her,
det sandsynlige nedstyrtningssted omkring
her. Eureca
var en pejlesender med kendt position - som et trådløst fyrtårn for
navigatøren.)
Flight Lieutenant Reginald Ronald Witham,
26, var søn af William Alexander Leslie og Ellen Witham, Annerley, Queensland,
Australien.
Hans navn er på Panel
257 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. Hæderstegn: DFC.(Kilde:
CWGC)
 This airman is one of
69 perished airmen commemorated on the
Aviator Stone in Rebild, see
Rebild 2012. Every year
The
Rebild National Park Society
celebrates 4 July
in the
Rebild
Hills. He is also commemorated in London. See 69
airmen - St. Clement Danes.
Finn Buch has obtained this information in a short version, here as plain
text:
During the night between 26 and 27 November, 1944 Stirling MK IV LK151 was on
operation SOE Tablejam 69. The plane left Tempsford Air Base at 2000 hrs on 26
November, 1944. It dropped 18 containers (see
photo) + 1 Eureca in a drop zone at Krengerup
on the island of Funen. It is believed to have been shot down by a JU88 of
1/NJG3. Probably it crashed into the sea in Lillebælt, near Assens.
(Krengerup
Manor is
here,
the likely crash site around
here.
Eureca
was a radio transmitter with a known position – as a wireless lighthouse to the
navigator.)
Flight Lieutenant Reginald Ronald Witham,
26, was the son of William Alexander Leslie and Ellen Witham, of Annerley,
Queensland, Australia.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 257, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. Awards:
DFC. (Source:
CWGC)
Virtual War Memorial
Australia has
this.
No. 138 Squadron -
Wikipedia
*
Roll of Honour, Tempsford * Tempsford Special
Duties Squadrons *
A History of
Tempsford Airfield.
Stirling IV LK151 NF-E took off from
RAF Tempsford at 20.00
hrs. on 26 NOV
1944. (Source: Aircrew Remembered
has
this.)
Short
Stirling. 7 airmen.
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