"Natten til den
10. april 1944 foretog RAF en stor mineudlægningsoperation ved Danzig
(Gdansk
her). I forbindelse med
overflyvningen af dansk område blev
mindst 7 britiske bombefly skudt ned, mens
flere nedstyrtede i Nordsøen, i større eller mindre afstand fra Vestkysten. Fra
6 fly nedstyrtet i Midtjylland, og 2 i
Nordsøen, ligger 35 omkomne flyvere
begravet i Esbjerg. Samtlige flyvere begravedes den 15. april 1944."
(FAF)
Google Map Mine 10 APR 1944.
LAN JB725 var på vej til målet med 5 store type A miner,
da det blev angrebet af en natjager. Ved midnat så folk i Jelling og omegn et
rødt lysskær mod himlen,
og lidt efter kom et brændende fly ud af skyerne. Det
var JB725, der eksploderede kort før det ramte jorden. Hele besætningen omkom.
(Kilde: FT 90-102-20)
Styrtet var omkring
her på
Alfred Bech's mark nord for Fårupvej 6, før Gammelbyvej 6, 7300 Jelling. (Kilde:
Margit Hansen,
Lokalhistorisk Arkiv i
Jelling.)
Se
monument rejst
her syd for Jelling, hvor
Kongernes Jelling viser
Jellingstenene.
Den store er Danmarks
dåbsattest. Se
KRAK1954/2020 Jelling Seminarium/UCL.
Se de 7 flyvere fra dette fly blandt
47 navne i London og Horsens. Se også
Google Map HorsensEH47 og
Google Map 57 + 630 Squadron *
p284MACR
7 flyvere.
"On the night before April 10
1944, the RAF carried out a big minelaying operation at Danzig (Gdansk
here). At least 7 British bombers
were shot down as they
flew over Danish territory, and several crashed into the North
Sea, off the west coast of Jutland. From 6 planes crashed in the central part of
Jutland, and 2 in the
North Sea, 35 airmen were buried in Esbjerg. All of the
airmen were buried on April 15 1944." (FAF)
Google Map Mine 10 APR 1944.
LAN JB725 was heading for the target with 5 big type A
mines, when it was attacked by a night fighter. At midnight people in and around
Jelling saw a red glare in
the sky, and a little later a burning plane came out
of the clouds. It was JB725, which exploded shortly before it hit the ground.
All of the crew perished.
(Source: FT 90-102-20) The crash was about
here in
Alfred Bech's field north of Fårupvej 6,
earlier Gammelbyvej 6, 7300 Jelling. (Source: Margit Hansen,
Lokalhistorisk Arkiv i
Jelling.)
Aerial photos
1954/2020JellingKRAK * JellingSDFI
See monument erected
here south of Jelling, where
Kongernes Jelling shows
the
Jelling runic stones. The big one is
Denmark´s Certificate of
Baptism.
See the 7 airmen from this plane among
47 names in London and Horsens. See also
Google Map HorsensEH47 and
Google Map 57 + 630 Squadron.
See
No.57 Squadron in
Wikipedia *
57 Squadron & 630 Squadrons' Association *
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre
* p284MACR.
Lancaster III JB725
DX-M took off from
RAF East Kirkby at
21.23 hrs on 09 APR 1944. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.) See Lancaster photos.
7 airmen.
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