Manchester I L7399 - Monument          Photo by Henrik Lassen on 18 SEP 2012        Updated:  23 MAY 2016

 





 

 

 






I november 2011 blev denne mindesten for 5 flyvere fra
MAN L7399 der styrtede ned ved Lilholt vest for Haderslev (her) rejst på nedstyrtningsstedet på initiativ af
Oversergent Henrik Lassen med tilladelse fra stationschef Oberst Lars Smedegaard Kjøller (MAR) og hjælp fra Fighter Wing Skrydstrup og Helicopter Wing Karup.

Se Monument på nedstyrtningsstedet her, overblik her.
Se foto fra nedstyrtningsstedet * Manchester I L7399 skudt ned * En begravelse * Manchester I L7399 - visit 2007 * Den anden mindesten.

In November 2011 this memorial stone to 5 airmen from
MAN L7399 which crashed near Lilholt W of Haderslev (here) was erected at the crash site here, overview here on the initiative of Flight Sergeant Henrik Lassen with permission from Station Commander, Colonel Lars Smedegaard Kjøller (MAR) and help from
Fighter Wing Skrydstrup and Helicopter Wing Karup.

See photo from the crash site * Manchester I L7399 shot down * a burialManchester I L7399 - visit 2007
and Bomber Command No. 106 Squadron and No. 106 Squadron RAF. This Manchester took off from RAF Coningsby

RAF In memory of the fallen for the freedom of Europe 1939-45            Killed in an air crash here on 3 May 1942 at 0415 hrs
                                                                                                                          after a mission in the Kiel Bay, hit by flak
Pilot: Flt/Sgt William Lewis Johnston Young, Pilot: Sgt Graham Wale,
Obs: W/O Alexander Collingwood Bryce, Ag: Sgt Richard George Davies,     PS. CWGC has date of death as 2nd May 1942.                                                     
Ag: Sgt Henry Maclean RAF Manchester ZN-X-L7399 106 Sqn Coningsby     MACR: Left 2225 hrs. 2nd May. (Failed to return. The time 0415 is from a Police report.)