Stirling I R9261 - Kongsmark -
Monument Updated:
06 JUN 2021
Monument for besætningen på
STI R9261
rejst
her ved Støvlebækvej 12, 4200 Slagelse
på initiativ af Helge Christiansen, se
Ny mindesten 1993 - og flugthistorien.
Se også mindestenen i 2010.
Monument to the crew of
STI R9261
erected
here at Støvlebækvej 12, 4200 Slagelse,
on the initiative of Helge
Christiansen,
see
New Memorial Stone 1993 - Escape from Denmark.
See also the memorial stone in 2010.
7 airmen fell here 21 April 1943.
These airmen were all killed at Kongsmark.
They were buried on 24 April, 1943.
One member of the crew saved himself with
a parachute from low altitude and survived.
Then he walked across Zealand and
reached
Elsinore,
where he was helped to evade to
Sweden.
Residents of the parish erected this memorial
on 24 April, 1993.
Den overlevende flyver var Sgt
Donald V. Smith Hans søn
skrev
"Endelig
sammen" om sin faderen, nu her på Svinø med
resten af besætningen på STI R9261.
Se
Google Map Don's rute.
Dave Smith har opdateret og udvidet historien, se
Links for
Første
flyver til Sverige
A letter and 3 telegrams.
Se
Ny mindesten 1993 - og flugthistorien *
Om Charles Parish *
Besøg ved mindestenen 1999 *
Besøg 2010 fra Helge
Christiansen.
Flere links i engelsk version.
TV2 ØST
sendte
Together at Last
- 4. maj 1945 (film 25:00) af Peter Kryger, først i
12. og 13. juli 2009, igen 4. maj 2021 (denne udgave).
Se også
Drøsselbjerg Mindeplade 2014 til ære for besætningen på
HAL HR722 rejst på initiativ af Helge Christiansen.
The surviving airman was Sgt
Donald V. Smith. His son Dave Smith wrote
"Together at last"
about his father, now here at Svinø
with the rest
of the crew of
STI R9261.
See much more about Donald V. Smith, including from TV2 EAST
Together at Last
- 4. maj 1945 (film 25:00) first in 2009, now 2021 edition.
See
Google Map Don's route. Dave Smith has updated and extended the story, see
Links for
First Airman to Sweden
A Letter and 3 telegrams.
See also Don´s Diary
And see Drøsselbjerg Memorial Plaque 2014
commemorating the crew of
HAL HR722 erected on the initiative of Helge
Christiansen.