"Natten
til den 7. maj 1944 nedkastede "Liberator" B-24DSA (B24 42-40530) en sending
våben til
den danske modstandsbevægelse på en plads ved Rugård
(Rugaard Gods
her, Paddesøvej 7, 5474 Veflinge) på Fyn.
Under returflyvningen over Jylland blev flyet ramt af tysk flak, brød i brand og
nedstyrtede nordvest for Skjern." (FAF)
Flystyrtet var
her,
overblik her
og her omkring
400 m nord for Kvembjergevej 15, 6900 Skjern.
(Kilde: Keld Vinther).
Af de resterende 7 besætningsmedlemmer blev 5
taget til fange. (2nd Lt (Co-Pilot) Israel Barron, Lt (Pilot) George Pipkin, S/Sgt
(Tail Gunner) James McCaskey,
S/Sgt (Right Waist Gunner) Vincent Gallozzi og T/Sgt
(Top Turret Gunner) Dale Helmer.)" (FAF) De blev ført til
Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Israel
Barron blev ført til
Stalag Luft 3.
(Kilde:
WWII POWs)
69 omkomne flyvere fra dette og 14 andre fly mindes på
Mindetavlen i Rebild. De mistede livet under
nedkastningsoperationer til modstandsbevægelsen.
Af samme grund mindes de i London. Se 69 flyvere - St.
Clement Danes. Se
Google Map Rebild med 15 fly mistet med tab af 69 liv + 3 fly mistet
uden tab af liv.
8 flyvere.
On the night before 7 May 1944
"Liberator" B-24DSA (B24 42-40530)
dropped a load of weapons for the
Danish
resistance movement at a site at the
Rugaard estate
(Rugaard Gods
here, Paddesøvej 7, DK-5474 Veflinge) on Fyn.
See
Interview with Israel Barron, 52 min. recorded in 2002 with
Text Transcript.
The plane was hit by German flak, burst into
flames and crashed northwest of Skjern on the return flight over Jutland. (FAF)
The air crash was
here,
overview here
and here
about 400 m north of Kvembjergevej 15, 6900 Skjern.
(Source:
Keld Vinther)
5 crewmembers were captured (2nd Lt (Co-Pilot)
Israel Barron, Lt (Pilot) George Pipkin, S/Sgt (Tail Gunner) James McCaskey, S/Sgt
(Right Waist Gunner)
Vincent Gallozzi and T/Sgt (Top Turret Gunner) Dale
Helmer.) (Source: FAF)
They were taken to
German POW-Camps.
Israel Barron was taken to
Stalag Luft 3. (Source:
WWII POWs)
69 perished airmen from this and 14 other planes
are commemorated on the Memorial Tablet in Rebild.
They lost their lives in supply operations to the Danish resistance. For the
same reason they are commemorated in London. See 69
airmen - St. Clement Danes. See
Google Map Rebild with 15 + 3 planes lost.
This B-24 from
406 BS, 801
BG, 8 AF took off from
RAF Harrington.
Harrington Aviation Museum has more about
the 801st
/ 492nd Bomb Group.
8 airmen.
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