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 Om STI BF515
styrtet
her
ved Tågerup den 28. april 1943. Et
monument for besætningen er rejst ved
nedstyrtningsstedet.
Se foto af de 7 flyvere i
Reerskev Kirke.
"Natten mellem
den 28. og 29. april 1943 foretog RAF krigens hidtil største minering. 226 fly
kastede 593 miner i danske farvande og i Østersøen. Da det var over-
skyet
i flere
mineringsområder, måtte bombemaskinerne flyve ekstra lavt for at få landkending,
før minerne blev kastet på de rigtige positioner. Dermed blev flyene
lette mål
for flak i området. Tyske natjagere var atter aktive, men på grund af den lave
flyvehøjde blev kun få natjagerangreb rapporteret. RAF mistede 7
Lancasters,
8
Stirlings,
6
Wellingtons og 2
Halifaxes denne
nat." (FT
90-50-13)
Af 207 fly gik 15 fly tabt over dansk område,
se
Google Map p169+MINELAYING.
Kun 4 flyvere fra de 23 fly overlevede!
Se
Minelægningsområder med området Sweetpeas (Kilde: p174MACR).
"BF515 blev over Sjælland angrebet af en tysk
natjager, og efter en længere luftkamp eksploderede flyet og styrtede ned i en
mose ved Tågerup. Ligene af 2 besætningsmedlemmer (J.A. Bolton og T.C.
Wheelhouse) blev fundet dagen efter, og de blev begravet på Bispebjerg Kirkegård
den 7. maj 1943. Efter krigen
lykkedes
det at fremdrage resterne af de sidste 5
besætningsmedlemmer (G.F. Berridge, K.F. Erne, A.A. Fitzpatrick, C.V. Parsloe og
J.M. Traynor).
De blev begravet i een
kiste den 15. april 1946 på Reerslev
Kirkegård." (FAF 88-33-11) 7 flyvere.
Tilføjelse 19 APR 2019: "Tyskerne
begyndte straks at grave for at få maskinen op, men opgav at få det hele op,
måske på grund af vand i det dybe hul."
Fra Kurt Christiansen, som voksede
op ved Tågerup.
 About
STI BF515 crashed
here
at Taagerup on 28 April 1943. A
monument to the crew has been erected at the crash site.
See photos of the 7 airmen
in Reerslev Church.
"On the night between 28 April and 29 April 1943
the RAF carried out the biggest minelaying operation so far in the war. 226
planes dropped 593 mines into Danish
waters and into The Baltic Sea. As the sky
was overcast at several mining areas the bombers had to fly at an extra low
altitude to come in sight of land, before the
mines were dropped at the right
positions. That made the planes easy targets for flak in the area. German night
fighters were active again, but due to the low flying
altitude only a few
attacks by night fighters were reported. The RAF lost 7
Lancasters, 8
Stirlings, 6
Wellingtons and 2
Halifaxes this
night."
(FT
90-50-13)
15 of
the bombers were lost over Danish territory, see
Google Map p169+MINELAYING. Only 4 airmen from the 23 lost planes survived!
See
Minelaying areas with the area Sweetpeas.
(Source: p174MACR).
"Over Zealand BF515 was attacked by a German
night fighter, and the aeroplane exploded after a rather long aerial combat and
crashed into a bog at Taagerup.
The bodies of 2 crew members (J.A. Bolton and
T.C. Wheelhouse) were found the next day, and they were buried in Bispebjerg
Cemetery on 7 May 1943.
The remains of the last 5 crew members (G.F. Berridge,
K.F. Erne, A.A. Fitzpatrick, C.V. Parsloe og J.M. Traynor) were found after the
war. They were buried in a
single coffin in Reerslev Churchyard on 15 April
1946." (FAF 88-33-11)
Addition on 19 APR 2019: "The Germans at once
started digging to get up the aircraft, but gave up to get all of it up, maybe
because of water in the deep hole."
From Kurt Christiansen, who grew up near
Tågerup.
See
No.
218 (Gold Coast) Squadron RAF *
No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron 1936-1945 *
Short Stirling *
Google Map p169+MINELAYING.
Stirling III BF515 HA-n
took off from
RAF Downham Market at 20:55 on
28 APR 1943. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered
has
this.) 7 airmen.
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