Den 29. april 1943 styrtede
STI EF356
ned ved Aadum
(der er
her). Flyet var sammen med mange andre fly på en stor minelægningsoperation
over
Østersøen
og de danske farvande. Kl. 02.30 udsendte dette fly SOS signal over radioen,
hvorpå man ikke hørte mere til flyet, der styrtede ned ved Aadum. (FAF)
Dette
Stirling bombefly
styrtede brændende ned på en mark over for Rosendalvej 4, 6880 Tarm
her,
overblik
her (Kilde: Hans Vestergaard i Flystyrt ved
Aadum
til
Aadum lokalarkiv
via Dagmar Vestergaard.)
Sgt Bliss blev taget til fange. Han døde i tysk krigsfangelejr og blev begravet
i Soltau i Tyskland. (Kilde: FAF) Han kom i
en række Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Han blev ført til Dulag Luft, Oberursel til
forhør. Senere blev han sendt til Stalag Luft I Barth, Stalag Luft VI
Heydekrug og Stalag Luft IV Gross Tychow.
Mod krigens slutning blev han ført til Stalag 357 Fallingbostel. Han døde af
udmattelse i en kreaturvogn den 30. marts 1945 nær Fallingbostel. (Kilde: AOD)
Warrant Officer Harry Bliss, 25 år, var
søn af Mr. og Mrs. H. Bliss, Dover, United Kingdom.
Han døde den 30. marts 1945 og blev begravet på
Becklingen War Cemetery 16.D.11. ved Soltau i TYSKLAND.
(Kilde:
CWGC)
4 flyvere fra
STI EF356 blev begravet i Aadum og 2 i Esbjerg. 1 døde
som krigsfange i Tyskland. 7 flyvere.
On 29 April 1943
STI EF356 crashed at Aadum
(which is
here).
Together with many other planes this plane was on a big minelaying operation over the
Baltic Sea
and Danish waters. At 0230 hours this plane sent SOS over the radio, and
nothing more was heard from the plane which crashed at Aadum. (Source: FAF)
This
Stirling bomber
crashed, burning, into a field opposite Rosendalvej 4, 6880 Tarm
here,
overview
here. (Source: Hans Vestergaard in Air crash near Aadum to
Aadum lokalarkiv
via Dagmar Vestergaard.)
Sgt Bliss was captured. He died in a German POW-camp and was buried in Soltau,
Germany. (Source: FAF)
He was taken to a number of
German POW-Camps.
He was taken to
Dulag Luft, Oberursel for
interrogation. Later he was taken to Stalag Luft I Barth,
Stalag Luft VI
Heydekrug and Stalag Luft IV Gross Tychow.
Towards end of the war he was taken to
Stalag 357 Fallingbostel. He died from
exhaustion in a cattle wagon on 30 March 1945 near
Fallingbostel. (Source: AOD)
Warrant Officer Harry Bliss, 25, was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Bliss, of Dover, United Kingdom.
He died on 30 March 1945 and was buried in
Becklingen War Cemetery 16.D.11, at Soltau, GERMANY. (Source:
CWGC)
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 132.
4 airmen from
STI EF356 were buried in Aadum and 2 in Esbjerg. 1 died
as a POW in Germany.
See
No. 218
(Gold Coast) Squadron RAF * No.
218 (Gold Coast) Squadron Association *
Short Stirling
Stirling I EF356 HA-O took off from
RAF Downham Market
at 2105 hours on 28 APR 1943. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.)
7 airmen.
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