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 Den
17. maj 1944 blev F/O Germain fra
MUS FX995 begravet, og samme dag blev Aalborg flyveplads (Aalborg West,
nu Aalborg Lufthavn)
her igen angrebet
af 8 Mustangs. Formationen var lettet fra
RAF Coltishall kl.
09.05 og havde tilbagelagt den 1300 km lange tur mellem Coltishall
her og
Aalborg
her på ca. 2 timer og 20 minutter. Vejret over Aalborg var fint, og
adskillige tyske fly var i luften på træningsopgaver. Tyskerne blev totalt
overrumplede, da de 8 Mustangs pludselig angreb. 4 Mustangs kastede sig syd
for Aalborg over 2 formationer
Ju88. De 3 skød 4 Ju88 ned. Under angrebet kom
F/Lt Richard Barrett i MUS FX993 væk fra de
3
øvrige, men øst for Aalborg lykkedes det ham at nedskyde en
HE177. I mellemtiden
var flere FW190 lettet fra Rørdal
flyveplads
(Aalborg Ost,
her, se mere her) og en af dem kastede sig over Barretts
Mustang. Efter en kort kamp i lav højde styrtede Barrett brændende i Limfjorden
omkring
her og omkom. Han blev begravet på Frederikshavn Kirkegård den 20. eller 24.
maj 1944. (Kilde: FT 89-71-34)
Se Tyske flyvepladser ved Aalborg.
De 4 andre Mustangs nedskød eller beskadigede
flere andre tyske fly. F/Sgt Rowland Williams i MUS FZ110
beskadigede en Ju W 34 øst for Rødslet og nedskød en anden Ju W 34 for til sidst
at nedskyde en Ju88 ved Stagsted. Under det sidste angreb var Williams´ fly
blevet beskadiget, og han måtte foretage en nødlanding
her. Efter en begivenhedsrig flugt gennem Nordjylland kom han til Sverige.
Den 1. juli fløj han fra Stockholm til England i en
Mosquito, og efter en orlov,
hvor han blev dekoreret med DFM, genindtrådte han i
65 Squadron, der i
mellemtiden var blevet overflyttet til Frankrig. (Kilde: FT 89-72-35)
Se Fotos af dette fly og P-51 Mustang - Photos.
Se artikel
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Angrebet på Aalborg Flyveplads og
Nedkastningen ved Madum Sø -
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TV2 Nord. p317MACR 1 flyver.
 F/O Germain from
MUS FX995 was buried on 17 May 1944, and the very same day Aalborg Air
Station (Aalborg West, now Aalborg Airport)
here
was again attacked by 8 Mustangs.
The formation took off from
RAF Coltishall at
09:05 and had flown the 1300 km tour between Coltishall
here
and
Aalborg
here
in about 2 hours and 20 minutes. The weather over Aalborg was fine, and
quite a few German planes were in the air on training missions. The Germans were
totally taken by surprise, when the eight Mustangs suddenly attacked. South of
Aalborg 4
Mustangs threw themselves on 2 formations of
Ju88. They shot down 4
Ju88. During the attack F/Lt Richard Barrett in MUS FX993
lost contact with the 3 others, but east of Aalborg he succeeded in shooting down a
HE177. In the meantime
more FW190s had taken off from
Rørdal Air Station
(Aalborg Ost,
here, more here) and
one of them targeted Barrett´s Mustang. After a short fight at a low altitude
Barrett crashed, burning, into the Limfjorden about
here and perished. He was buried in Frederikshavn Cemetery on 20 or 24 May
1944. (Source: FT 89-71-34)
See
German airfields near Aalborg.
The 4 other Mustangs shot down or damaged several
other German planes. F/Sgt Rowland Williams in MUS FZ110
damaged a Ju W 34 east
of Rødslet and shot down another Ju W 34 to end with the shooting down of a Ju88
at Stagsted. Williams´ plane was damaged during the last attack, and he had to
make a forced landing
here. He came to Sweden after an eventful evasion through North Jutland. On
1 July he flew from Stockholm to England in a
Mosquito, and
after a leave where he was awarded the DFM, he again joined the
65 Squadron, which in
the meantime had been transferred to France. (Source: FT 89-72-35)
See Photos of this plane and P-51 Mustang - Photos.
p317MACR 1 airman.
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