Lancaster I R5702 - Near Avne - Monument                                         Updated:  02 NOV 2014

 

  Mindesten for 6 flyvere fra LAN R5702 rejst her 300 m vest for Avnøvej 116, 6100 Haderslev. Skilt "RAF Mindesten 3" her i Fjelstrup.
"Stenen blev på initiativ af Det Danske Samfund i Fjelstrup sogn afsløret 28.9 1945." (KM) De 2 sten med navne blev rejst samme dag.
Se mere i en kort erklæring og varme hilsener fra Fjelstrup i 1949 til de efterladtes familier og til den eneste overlevende.
Leif Gr. Thomsen skrev i 1994 historien om R5702, besætningen og dens skæbne. Fru Solveig Thomsen genopfriskede tekst på stenene.
Se kransenedlægning 2009 som hvert år siden 1984 på datoen for styrtet! Familiemedlemmer til en af de omkomne gav En gave i 2009.
Den 29. september 2012 kl. 14.00 blev en mindesten for 3 flyvere fra STI W7441 afsløret ved siden af disse mindesten for 6 flyvere fra LAN R5702.
Se Informationstavle 2014 og fotos Avne 2014.

Memorial stones to 6 airmen from LAN R5702 erected here 300 m west of Avnøvej 116, DK-6100 Haderslev. Sign "RAF Mindesten 3" here in Fjelstrup.
"On the initiative of The Danish Society in the parish of Fjelstrup the stone was unveiled 28.9 1945." (KM)  The 2 stones with names were erected the same day.
"Here fell 6 British airmen on February 15, 1944. They gave their lives. We won (our) liberty."
Translation in a brief statement and kind greetings from Fjelstrup in 1949 to the next of kin of the deceased members of the crew and to the sole survivor.
In 1994 Leif Gr. Thomsen wrote the story of R5702, the crew and its fate. Mrs. Solveig Thomsen touched up the text on the memorial stones.
See wreath laying 2009 as every year since 1984 on the date of the crash! Relatives of one of the deceased airmen gave A present in 2009.
On 29 SEP 2012 at 14.00 hrs a memorial stone to the 3 airmen from STI W7441 was unveiled next to this memorial to 6 airmen from LAN R5702.
See Information board 2014 and photos Avne 2014.