Den 11.
oktober 1942 kl. 23.47 nødlandede STI R9190 omkring
her ved
Sælgrunden ud for Rudkøbing.
Under forsøg på at nå den udløste gummibåd druknede
Sgt (Air Bomber) Joseph Curle, måske som følge af de svære kvæstelser han havde
fået i forbindelse med luftkampen. Fem besætningsmedlemmer blev senere opsamlet
af et dansk redningshold, og de fire, Sgt (Pilot) F.W.N. Hill, Sgt
(Wireless Operator) H.F.H. Frost,
Sgt (Observer) J.T. Harkin og Sgt (Flight Engineer) J. Gardner, blev indlagt på Rudkøbing sygehus, medens
den femte, Sgt (Rear Gunner) J.P.J. White blev indsat i
arresten.
Det sidste
besætningsmedlem, F/Sgt (Mid Upper Gunner) K.L. Richards var sprunget med
faldskærm og var landet på Tåsinge. Om morgenen den 12. oktober blev
White og
Richards afhentet af tyskerne og bragt til Odense, hvor de
her den 14. oktober
overværede begravelsen af 2 allierede flyvere (Sgt. Curle fra
STI R9190 og
Sgt. Moore fra HAL
DT520) (Kilde: FT 85-76-7)
De 6 overlevende blev sendt til Oberursel til forhør
og derfra videre til Stalag Luft I Barth, Stalag Luft VI Heydekrug og Stalag
Luft IV Gross Tychow. (Kilde: AOD)
Se også Tyske krigsfangelejre. 7 flyvere.
On 11 October 1942 at 23.47 hours
STI R9190 made a forced landing about
here at Sælgrunden off
Rudkøbing.
During attempts to get the released dinghy Sgt (Air Bomber) Joseph
Curle drowned, maybe due to the heavy injuries he had suffered in connection with the
aerial
battle.
5 crew members were later picked up by a Danish rescue team. 4 of
them, Sgt (Pilot) F.W.N. Hill, Sgt (Wireless Operator) H.F.H. Frost, Sgt
(Observer)
J.T. Harkin
and Sgt (Flight Engineer) J. Gardner, were taken to Rudkøbing Hospital, while the 5th, Sgt (Rear Gunner) J.P.J.
White, was imprisoned. The
last crew
member
F/Sgt (Mid Upper Gunner) K.L. Richards had bailed out and
landed on Tåsinge. In the morning of 12 October White and Richards were fetched
by the
Germans and
taken to Odense. On the 14 October they attended the
burial of 2 allied airmen
here (Sgt Curle from STI R9190 and
Sgt Moore from HAL DT520).
(Source: FT 85-76-7)
The 6 survivors were taken to
Dulag Luft Oberursel
for interrogation, and then to Stalag Luft I
Barth, Stalag Luft VI Heydekrug and Stalag
Luft IV Gross Tychow.
(Source: AOD)
See also
German POW-Camps.
Stirling I R9190 HA-E
took off from RAF
Downham Market at 18:20 on 11 OCT 1942. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.) p120MACR has more.
No.
218 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAF - Wikipedia *
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