STI BF461
- se foto af besætningen - styrtede ned
her ved Kallerup den 4. november 1943. (Kilde: Mogens Kruse)
p242MACR har mere.
Dette er den korte version:
"I forbindelse med en
mineudlægningsoperation til Østersøen blev et Stirling fly skudt ned af 2 tyske
JU88 natjagere. Flyet nedstyrtede ved Kallerup, sydvest for Thisted
(overblik
her). Et dræbt
besætningsmedlem, Sgt Champion, blev begravet den 13. november 1943.
Fem overlevende flyvere blev taget til fange, mens en (W.F.
Morice) flygtede fra Thisted
Sygehus og blev hjulpet til Sverige via Biersted Præstegård (her) og Frederikshavn." (FAF)
Under samme operation styrtede
STI BK778 ned ved Beersted omkring 2 km mod syd.
Meget materiale om Gordon Williams, Frank McGregor og flystyrtet
sendt fra Lars Kanstrup, Mogens Kruse og Verner Jørgensen til
www.airmen.dk.
Se Gordon Williams (pdf 9,72
MB) fra Lars Kanstrup med artikler fra
Thisted Dagblad
på dansk og engelsk, fotos og mere!
Frank McGregor mødte en del danskere, inden
han blev taget til fange. Se den udførlige beretning
fra Frank McGregor og hvad Verner
Jørgensen fortæller.
Walter F. Morice havde held til at møde de rigtige mennesker, så selv om
han ikke var forsigtig nåede han Sverige. Læs om Morice.
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STI BF461 - see
photo of the crew - crashed
here at Kallerup on 4 November 1943. (Source: Mogens Kruse) This is the
short version: "A Stirling was shot down by 2 German
JU88 night fighters in
connection with a minelaying operation to the Baltic Sea. The plane crashed at
Kallerup southwest of Thisted (overview
here). A killed crew member, Sgt Champion, was buried on 13 November 1943.
5 surviving airmen were captured, while one (W.F. Morice)
evaded from Thisted Hospital and was helped to Sweden via the vicarage in
Biersted (here) and
Frederikshavn." (FAF) On the same operation
STI BK778 crashed near Beersted about 2 km to the south.
Lars Kanstrup, Mogens Kruse and Verner Jørgensen
sent much about
Gordon Williams, Frank McGregor and the air crash to
www.airmen.dk.
See
Gordon Williams (pdf 9.72
MB)
from Lars Kanstrup with articles from
Thisted Dagblad in
Danish and English, photos and more!
Frank McGregor met a number of Danes, before he was captured. See the extensive
Account from Frank McGregor and more.
Walter F. Morice was lucky to meet the right people, so he reached Sweden
even if he had little sense of security. Read about
Morice.
See
No. 75 Squadron RNZAF *
75 Squadron Association
NZ + UK *
75(nz)squadron has
more, also
75(NZ) Squadron RAF Records from
November 1943, find entry of
4.11.1943, and see that this plane with Captain Williams failed to return.
p242MACR has more.
75(nz)squadron has
more about each member of the crew.
Stirling III BF461 AA-B took off from
RAF Mepal at 16.01 hrs on
04 NOV 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered
has
this.) 7 airmen.
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