
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 burial * Manchester 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.)
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