Den 17. januar 1943 styrtede HAL W7886 ned her nær skovkanten mellem Mørkholtgård og Hørregård. En vinge landede her 2 km derfra. (Kilde: Harry Skov)
Se Kolding Folkeblad 19 JAN 1943 og monument rejst her i 1995 nær nedstyrtningsstedet. Se Google Map p131 Halifax W7886.

På vej mod Berlin fik dette fly motorproblemer efter at have passeret vest om Stettin (her). Eneste mulighed var at vende om.
Over Lillebælt blev flyet angrebet af en tysk natjager. 4 af flyverne klarede at springe ud med faldskærm.

Sgt A.M. Taylor blev ramt af kugler fra natjageren. Han klarede at komme ud af det brændende fly. Hans faldskærm kom til at sidde fast i høje træer på Fænø, hvor
han landede måske omkring her. Han åbnede låsen i seletøjet - og faldt omkring 5 m ned! Han fik alvorlige kvæstelser. Efter nogle timer blev han fundet af en tysk
patrulje og ført til det tyske militærhospital i Hald (her) ved Viborg. Efter nogle måneder blev han overført til hospitalet i Lamsdorf og lejr 8 B Lamsdorf. (Hovedkilder: "Skidthøgen" og AOD) Læs mere om Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Halifax Print og folk bag en Halifax klar til en mission. p131MACR   7 flyvere. 

On 17 January 1943 HAL W7886 crashed here near the edge of the forest between Mørkholtgård and Hørregård. See Kolding Folkeblad on 19 JAN 1943.
A wing landed here 2 km away. (Source: Harry Skov) See the monument erected here in 1995 near the crash site. See Google Map p131 Halifax W7886.

On its way to Berlin this plane had engine trouble after having passed west of Stettin (here). The only option was to turn around.
Over the Lillebælt the plane was attacked by a German night fighter. 4 of the airmen managed to bail out.

Sgt A.M. Taylor was hit by bullets from the night fighter. He managed to get out of the burning plane. His parachute got stuck in tall trees on Fænø where he landed maybe about here. He opened the lock of his harness – and fell about 5 m down! He was severely injured. Some hours later he was found by a German patrol and
taken to the German field hospital in Hald (here) near Viborg. Some months later he was transferred to the hospital in Lamsdorf and camp 8B Lamsdorf.
(Main sources: "Skidthøgen" (The Shitehawk) and AOD) Read more about German POW-Camps.

See Halifax * Halifax Print *  Halifax - Bless 'Em All * No. 35 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia -  one of the Pathfinder Squadrons of No. 8 Group RAF
led by Air Vice Marshall Don Bennett. At the end of information about each of the perished airmen you see that the IBCC has sad operational details. p131MACR
Halifax II W7886 TL-C took off from RAF Graveley at 17.03 hrs on 17 JAN 1943 heading for Berlin. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this and more.)  7 airmen.