Joseph Davidson Updated: 18 JAN 2023
Airman: e777865.htm Surname: Davidson Init: J Rank: F/Lt Service: RAF Sqdn: 019
P_link: p477.htm Plane: MUS KH818 Operation: Anti ship Crash_site: The Kattegat
Crash_d: d040545 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN
Den 4.
maj 1945 kolliderede MUS KH818 med
MUS KH674 måske omkring
her ud for Randers Fjord. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver (uddrag):
Banff Strike Wing
skulle den 4. maj atter
på patrulje i Kattegatområdet. 6
Mustang IV fra 19 FS og
12 Mustang IV fra 234 FS
lettede kl. 13.15 sammen med 41
Mosquitoes. 2 Mosquitoes vendte om på grund af
motorproblemer, inden formationen krydsede
den danske kyst ved Lodbjerg (fyr
her) kl.
15.08. Mustang KH860 fra 234 FS
blev på hjemturen ramt af ild fra en tysk flakstilling ved Mariager
fjord, og piloten P/O P. J. W. Bell måtte nødlande ved
Hornum,
On 4 May 1945 MUS KH818
and
MUS KH674 collided maybe about
here off the Randers Fjord. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes
(excerpts):
On 4 May the
Banff Strike Wing once again were on an anti
shipping patrol in the Kattegat. At 13.15 hours 6
Mustang IV from 19 FS and
12 Mustang IV from 234 FS
took off. 2 Mosquitoes returned due to engine problems before the formation
crossed the coast of Denmark at Lodbjerg (lighthouse
here) at 15.08 hours. On the return flight Mustang KH860 from 234 FS was hit by fire from a German flak battery at the Mariager Fjord, and Pilot P/O P. J. W. Bell had to make a forced landing at Hornum 15 km S of Løgstør. (More details about attacks on German ship are shown at MUS KH860.) This Mustang took off from RAF Bannf. See also No. 19 Squadron RAF * Secret Scotland - RAF Banff * RAF Coastal Command * P-51 Mustang - Photos. |