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   "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. 
Vincent Gallozzi 
blev ført til Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow 
(tidligere var han i Heydekrug), flyttet til Wöbbelin Bei
Ludwigslust og til  
Usedom Bei Savenmunde. (Kilde:
WWII POWs)  (Usedom er 15 km vest for Savenmunde=Swinemünde=Swinoujscie 
som er her.) 
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.  
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. 
Vincent Gallozzi 
was taken to
Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly 
he was in Heydekrug), moved to 
Wöbbelin Bei Ludwigslust 
and to  
Usedom Bei Savenmunde. (Source:
WWII POWs) (Usedom is 15 
km west of Savenmunde=Swinemünde=Swinoujscie which is
here.) 
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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