Charles Flannigan               Monument Photo 1 * 2 * 3                       Updated: 17 MAR 2025

Airman: o888068.htm Surname: Flannigan Init: C Rank: F/Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 570

P_link: p426r.htm Plane: STI LJ645 Operation: Drop in DK Crash_site: Skæring near Århus

Crash_d: d230445 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

STI LJ645 skudt i brand af tyske flak på vej til en våbennedkastning. Det styrtede ned her.

3 overlevende flyvere kom 700 m væk fra flyet, inden de fik hjælp. Se mere ved monument og i Google Map p426r
samt i Den sidste våbenflyvning fra Arne Mosgaard.

Efter at have været krigsfanger i mindre end 2 uger, besøgte Rawlings og Flannigan nedstyrtningsstedet og familien på Koldbogaard
efter befrielsen og inden de tog hjem.

6 flyvere.

STI LJ645 caught fire, when German flak hit it, while it was on its way to drop weapons. It crashed here.

3 surviving airmen got 700 m away from the plane before they got help. See more at monument, Google Map p426r and
The last weapon flight from Arne Mosgaard.

After less than 2 weeks as POWs Rawlings and Flannigan visited the crash site and the family on Koldbogaard after the liberation
on 5 May and before they went home.

Royal Air Force WWII 38 Group Squadrons Veterans´ Stories has this about Mombrun, also with some information about the rest of
the crew of STI LJ645.

See No. 570 Squadron RAF  and  570 Squadron. This Stirling took off from RAF Rivenhall.
6 airmen.