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 Den 29. september 1941 kl. 18.50 startede
STI W7441 fra RAF Oakington for at lede bomberstyrken til målet Stettin (Szczecin
her).
Flyet blev skudt ned af en tysk natjager på vej mod målet og styrtede i Lillebælt
her ud for Bågø kl. 22.15. (Tidspunkter fra Lost Bombers.)
4 flyvere sprang ud med faldskærm, men de blev taget til fange i løbet af et par
dage. 3 flyvere har ingen kendt grav: Fulbeck, Rodger og Tovey.
4 flyvere fra
STI W7441
ses på dette foto.
Sergeant Charles Waghorn Fulbeck, 21 år, var søn af Richard og Lillian
Fulbeck; gift med Dorothy Fulbeck, Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 43 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC)
29 år senere skrev Alec Donaldson sin
beretning om hvordan flyet blev skudt ned og han
selv blev taget til fange.
Cobbold landede på kysten ved St. Anslet. Copley landede nær Hejlsminde. Det
gjorde Neil også. De blev arresteret og ført til Tyske
krigsfangelejre.
STI W7441 styrtede i Lillebælt
herher den 29. september
1941. Den 31. oktober 1941 blev en mand uden hoved fundet drevet ind på Anslet
Strand omkring
her.
"Men der blev sagt, at han var yderst velklædt, hvilket godt kunne
passe på en flyver fra RAF, der dengang var i deres pæne uniform med slips, når
de fløj."
Han blev begravet på Fjelstrup Kirkegård den 4. november 1941 som
"ukendt mand" - ikke som "ukendt flyver"! Leif Gr. Thomsen har ikke kunnet finde
flere
detaljer der kan bekræfte at den fundne mand var en af de 3 savnede
flyvere fra STI W7441.
Den 29/9 2012 blev en mindesten
afsløret
her
for 3 omkomne flyvere fra
STI W7441
ved siden af
Mindesten for 6 omkomne flyvere fra
Lancaster I R5702.
7 flyvere.
 On 29 September 1941 at 18.50 hours
STI W7441 took off
from RAF Oakington to lead bombers to the target
Stettin (Szczecin
here).
The plane was shot down by a German night fighter on its way to the target and
crashed into the Lillebælt
here off Bågø at 22.15 hours. (Times from Lost Bombers.)
4 airmen bailed out, but they were captured in a couple of days. 3 airmen have
no known grave: Fulbeck, Rodger and Tovey.
4 airmen from
STI W7441
are in this photo.
Sergeant Charles Waghorn Fulbeck, 21, was the son of Richard and Lillian
Fulbeck, and the husband of Dorothy Fulbeck, of Newport, Monmouthshire, UK.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 43, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
29 years later Alec Donaldson wrote
his account about how the plane was shot down and
how he was captured.
Cobbold landed on the shore near St. Anslet. Copley landed near Hejlsminde and
so did Neil. They were arrested and taken to German POW
Camps.
STI W7441 crashed into the Lillebælt
her on 29 September 1941. On 31 October 1941 a man without his head was
found drifted ashore on Anslet Beach about
here.
"But it was said that he was extremely well-dressed. This might apply to an
airman of the RAF who at that time flew in their neat uniform with a tie." He
was buried in Fjelstrup Churchyard on 4 November 1941 as an "unknown man" - not
as an "unknown airman". Leif Gr. Thomsen has not been able to find more details
to confirm
that the man found on the beach was one of the 3 missing airmen from STI W7441.
On 29 SEP 2012 at 14.00 hrs a memorial stone to the 3 perished airmen from
STI W7441 was unveiled
here next
to Monument to 6 airmen from Lancaster I R5702.
See Bomber
Command No. 7 Squadron.
No. 7 Squadron RAF.
7 Squadron Association. This
Stirling took off from
RAF Oakington.
7 airmen.
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