Stirling III BF463 - Off Halskov                                                               Updated: 17 MAY 2022

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a096017.htm Cross S N P/O RNZAF 90 p160.htm STI BF463 Bomb G Off Halskov d210443 b310543 c096.htm Svinø
a096018.htm Cruttenden C L Sgt RAF 90 p160.htm STI BF463 Bomb G Off Halskov d210443 b310543 c096.htm Svinø
a048008.htm Hall T E Sgt RAF 90 p160.htm STI BF463 Bomb G Off Halskov d210443 b010543 c048.htm K - Bispebjerg
a096019.htm Lindrea J D Sgt RAF 90 p160.htm STI BF463 Bomb G Off Halskov d210443 b310543 c096.htm Svinø
a096020.htm Offen E M Sgt RAF 90 p160.htm STI BF463 Bomb G Off Halskov d210443 b111111 c096.htm Svinø
a096021.htm Shield N Sgt RAF 90 p160.htm STI BF463 Bomb G Off Halskov d210443 b260543 c096.htm Svinø
a048009.htm Tagg L Sgt RAF 90 p160.htm STI BF463 Bomb G Off Halskov d210443 b020643 c048.htm K - Bispebjerg


Natten til den 21. april 1943 blev et Stirling fly (STI BF463) med Rostock som mål skudt ned ved Korsør, måske omkring her.
(Lost Bombers: Skudt ned af flak og styrtet i Storebælt nær Sprogø, vest for Halskov-Korsør.)
Alle ombord omkom i Storebælt. De blev fundet som lig i Storebælt, mellem Korsør og Reersø (her).

Sgt Hall blev begravet den 1. maj 1943, Sgt Tagg først den 2. juni på Bispebjerg Kirkegård. Sgt N. Shield blev begravet den 26. maj 1943, P/O Cross,
Sgt Cruttenden og Sgt Lindrea begravedes den 31. maj på Svinø Kirkegård. Om Sgt Offen er intet oplyst. (Kilde: FAF)
7 flyvere. Se Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.

On the night before 21 April 1943 a Stirling (STI BF463) targeting Rostock was shot down at Korsør, maybe about here.
(Lost Bombers: Shot down by flak and crashed into the waters of the Storebælt near Sprogø, W of Halskov-Korsør)
All on board perished in the Storebælt. Their bodies were found in the Storebælt, between Korsør and Reersø (here).

Sgt Hall was buried on 1 May 1943, Sgt Tagg not until 2 June in Bispebjerg Cemetery. Sgt N. Shield was buried on 26 May 1943, P/O Cross,
Sgt Cruttenden and Sgt Lindrea were buried on 31 May in Svinø Churchyard. No information about Sgt Offen. (Source: FAF)

See No. 90 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia with this Short Stirling. See Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943. The IBCC has more details about the plane at each airman.
 Stirling III BF463 WP-Q took off from RAF Ridgewell at 21:53 on 20 APR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this + Archive Report.)   7 airmen.