Den 26. april 1942 styrtede
STI W7514 ned ved Kravlund
her
ca. 300 m øst for Julianehåbvej 32, 6360 Tinglev på et bombetogt mod
Rostock.
Short Stirling.
(Det var ved Jørgen Jørgensens barndomshjem. Flyet eksploderede i luften og
vragstykker blev spredt over flere hundrede meter. På positionen midt i
nedstyrtnings-området blev et stykke af flykroppen med det trefarvede RAF-mærke
fundet. (Kilde: Jørgen Jørgensen - webmaster på
Flystyrt.)
Flyets radiotelegrafist, Sgt.
East, var blevet dræbt i luften inden nedstyrtningen.
Et andet besætningsmedlem, Sgt. Surridge, blev
hårdt såret ført fra
en gårdejer i Pebersmark til Tønder Sygehus, hvor han døde den 28. april 1942. Begge flyvere blev begravet i Aabenraa den 2. maj 1942.
De 6 øvrige besætningsmedlemmer sprang ud med
faldskærm. De blev i mere eller mindre såret tilstand via det danske
politi
overgivet til værnemagten. (Kilde: FAF)
De blev
ført til Tyske
krigsfangelejre.
F/O A. B. Bateman blev interneret i 9C Bad Sulza / L3 Sagan. F/O J. E. M. Conran
i L1 Barth / L3 Sagan.
Sgt R. A. J. Skinner i L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Fallingbostel med Sgt R. T.
Stephen. Sgt Stephen blev dræbt af lynnedslag i
fangenskab den 29. juli 1944.
Sgt R. R. Lawson og P/O A. H. H.Young in Camp L3 Sagan. (Source: Lost Bombers)
Warrant Officer (Flight Engineer) Raymond
Thomas Stephen, 24 år, var søn af Alfred John Watson Stephen og Mary
Craighead Stephen, Ripponden,
Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Han er begravet på
POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY, 6.A.6., i POLEN.
(Kilde:
CWGC)
2 flyvere fra
STI W7514 blev begravet i Aabenraa. 6 blev krigsfanger.
8 flyvere.
On 26 April 1942
STI W7514 crashed at Kravlund
here
about 300 m east of Julianehåbvej 32, 6360 Tinglev on a bombing raid on
Rostock.
(It was the childhood home of Jørgen Jørgensen. The plane exploded in the air
and pieces of wreckage were scattered over several hundred metres. A big part of
the fuselage with the Royal Air Force roundel was found at the position shown in
the middle of the crash site area. (Source: Jørgen Jørgensen, webmaster of
Flystyrt.)
Wireless Operator, Sgt East had been killed in the air before the crash.
Another
crew member, Sgt Surridge, was taken, severely wounded, from a farmer's in
Pebersmark to
Tønder Hospital, where he died on 28 April 1942. Both airmen
were buried in Aabenraa on 2 May 1942.
The 6 other crew members bailed out. More or less
injured they were handed over to the German Wehrmacht by Danish police. (Source:
FAF)
They were
taken to
German POW-Camps.
F/O A. B. Bateman was interned in Camp
9C Bad Sulza /
L3 Sagan. F/O J. E.
M. Conran in Camps L1 Barth /
L3 Sagan.
Sgt R. A. J. Skinner in Camps
L3 Sagan /
L6 Heydekrug /
357
Fallingbostel with Sgt R. T. Stephen. Sgt Stephen was killed by a lightning
strike in captivity 29 July 1944.
Sgt R. R. Lawson and P/O A. H. H. Young in Camp
L3 Sagan. (Source:
Lost Bombers)
Warrant Officer (Flight Engineer) Raymond
Thomas Stephen, 24, was the son of Alfred John Watson Stephen and Mary
Craighead Stephen, of Ripponden,
Yorkshire, United Kingdom. He is buried in
POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY, 6.A.6., in POLEN. (Source:
CWGC)
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 247.
2 airmen from
STI W7514 were buried in Aabenraa. 6 were captured.
See
No. 15 Squadron RAF
- Wikipedia *
XV (R)
Squadron *
Stirling. Stirling I W7514 LS-B took off from
RAF Wyton at 21:50
on 25 APR 1942. (Source: Aircrew
Remembered has
this.) p067MACR has more. 8 airmen.
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