Stirling III BK778 - At Beersted                                                                  Updated:  02 DEC 2016

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777182.htm Copeland A A Sgt RAF 75 p244.htm STI BK778 Minelaying At Beersted d041143 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a019044.htm Crawford-Watson L S F/Sgt RNZAF 75 p244.htm STI BK778 Minelaying At Beersted d041143 b131143 c019.htm Frederikshavn
a019045.htm Grimwood L Sgt RAF 75 p244.htm STI BK778 Minelaying At Beersted d041143 b131143 c019.htm Frederikshavn
a019046.htm Imrie G B F/Sgt RNZAF 75 p244.htm STI BK778 Minelaying At Beersted d041143 b131143 c019.htm Frederikshavn
a019047.htm James C F/Sgt RNZAF 75 p244.htm STI BK778 Minelaying At Beersted d041143 b131143 c019.htm Frederikshavn
a019048.htm Masters W S P/O RNZAF 75 p244.htm STI BK778 Minelaying At Beersted d041143 b131143 c019.htm Frederikshavn
a019049.htm Thomas R J Sgt RAF 75 p244.htm STI BK778 Minelaying At Beersted d041143 b131143 c019.htm Frederikshavn


STI BK778 styrtede ned her  200 m nordvest for Beerstedgård, Beerstedvej 3, 7752 Snedsted syd for Thisted (overblik her) den 4. november 1943.
Se beretning fra Birgit Kveiborg, som boede på gården.

Dette var i forbindelse med den samme mineudlægningsoperation til Østersøen, hvor STI BF461 styrtede ned her ved Kallerup omkring 2 km mod nord.

Alle om bord på STI BK778 blev dræbt. Seks dræbte besætningsmedlemmer blev begravet i Frederikshavn den 13. november 1943.
Der blev aldrig fundet noget spor af den syvende besætningsmedlem, Sgt Copeland. (Kilde: FAF)

Google Map planesRNZAF  7 flyvere.

STI BK778 crashed here 200 m north west of Beerstedgård, Beerstedvej 3, 7752 Snedsted south of Thisted (overview here) on 4 November 1943.
See account from Birgit Kveiborg who lived on the farm.

All aboard STI BK778 crashed near Beersted perished. 6 killed crew members were buried in Frederikshavn on 13 November 1943.
No trace was ever found of the seventh crew member, Sgt Copeland. (Source: FAF)

This air crash was in connection with the same minelaying operation to the Baltic Sea where STI BF461 crashed here at Kallerup about 2 km to the north.
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 Masters failed to return.
                              
See Bomber Command No. 75 Squadron * No. 75 Squadron RNZAF * 75 Squadron Association NZ + UK * New Zealand Bomber Command Association.
Stirling III BK778 JN-U took off from RAF Mepal at 16.00 hrs on 04 NOV 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)

Google Map planesRNZAF   7 airmen.