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  Den 21. april 1943 styrtede
STI BF508 i Fænøsund nær Teglgaarden,  
måske omkring
her. 
 
25. juni 2015 sendte Axel Sommerby dette om 
fundet af et dæk: 
 
En ven i Militærhistorisk Forening 
Fredericia, havde observeret et meget stort dæk i strandkanten ved Gamborg 
fjord, nær Middelfart. 
 
Vi var der ude på stedet og kunne se det måtte være hoved hjul dæk fra en 
Stirling,  
fælgen er der ikke, kun gummiet. 
 
At den har ligget her siden 1943 er ret utroligt!  Men stranden her er et roligt 
sted, 
ligger i læ og her er aldrig de store bølger, så strandkanten er ikke i 
forandring.  
Stirling BF 508 nedstyrtede i 1943 ved Teglgården Middelfart. Det er jo tæt på 
hvor gummidækket ligger, vel ikke mere end 500 - 600 meter herfra. 
 
 
  On 21 
April 1943 
STI BF508 crashed into the Fænøsund near Teglgaarden, 
 
maybe about
here.        
 
     
    On 25 June 2015 Axel Sommerby sent this about 
the find of a tyre: 
 
A friend in the Society of Military History in Fredericia had observed a very 
large 
tyre on the beach at Gamborg Fjord, near Middelfart. 
 
We went to the place and we could see that it had to be the tyre of a main wheel 
of a Stirling. The rim is not there, only the rubber. 
 
Hard to believe that it has been here since 1943! But this beach is a quiet 
place, 
sheltered and there are never big waves, so the beach does not change. 
 
Stirling BF 508 crashed in 1943 near Teglgaarden, Middelfart. It is rather close 
to 
where the rubber tyre is lying, app. 500-600 metres away. 
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