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 "Den 21. maj 1944 ledsagede F/Lt Bird i
sin Mustang jager et Mosquito fly under et togt rettet mod et mål syd for
Aalborg.
Under luftkamp øst for Herning beskød F/Lt Bird
og piloten på en tysk ME 109-jager hinanden samtidig, hvilket resulterede i at
Mustang flyet eksploderede i luften.
Piloten blev dræbt. Nedstyrtningen skete
ved Fonnesbæk syd for Ikast. F/Lt Bird blev begravet den 23. maj 1944." (FAF)
Styrtet var
her nær Fonnesbækgaard. (Kilde: Jens
Ove Steensberg) Se også beretning fra Jens Ove Steensberg.
Rapport fra Ikast kl. 22.45 fra Statens Civile Luftværn, sag 13398 fra
døgnet 21/5 1944 kl. 11.40 til 22/5 1944 kl. 12.00:
"Dags dato er en engelsk
to-motorers jager nedstyrtet ved Fonnesbæk, ca. 4 km syd for Ikast. Der er ingen
bomber i maskinen, men en del 13 mm ammunition.
Piloten er fundet som lig og
ført til kapellet i Ikast. Ved maskinen, som vil blive fjernet af Værnemagten
den 22/5 1944, er etableret dansk og tysk vagt.
Den tyske Værnemagt og Fluko
Aarhus er underrettet." Nå ja, en Mustang havde een motor og 6 12,7 mm
maskingeværer.
Se
P51 Mustang og P-51 Mustang -
Fotos . Mustang er
det britiske navn. Amerikanerne kalder flyet P-51. Se også
ME 109.
Airwar
over Denmark har mere om
dette fly
og dets besætning. Updated:
07 MAR 2026 1 flyver.
 "On 21 May 1944 F/Lt Bird in his Mustang
escorted a Mosquito on a raid on a target south of Aalborg.
During a dogfight east of Herning F/Lt Bird and
the pilot of a German ME 109-fighter shot at each other simultaneously with the
result that the
Mustang exploded
in the air. The pilot was killed. The crash was at Fonnesbæk
south of Ikast.
F/Lt Bird was buried on 23 May 1944." (FAF)
See p321 MACR with many details.
See also
details about the German pilot Unteroffizier Wolfgang Schröder-Barkhausen on
photo of his gravestone.
The crash was
here
near Fonnesbækgaard. (Source: Jens Ove Steensberg) See also
account from Jens Ove Steensberg.
Report from Ikast at 22:45 from
the Civil Air Defence no. 13398 from 11:40 on 21 May to 12:00 on 22 May
1944:
"This date an English
two-engined fighter crashed near Fonnesbæk, about 4 km south of Ikast. There are
no bombs in the plane but an amount of 13 mm ammunition.
The pilot was found
as a corpse and taken to the chapel of rest in Ikast.
At the plane, which
will be removed by the Wehrmacht on 22 May 1944, a Danish and German guard has
been established.
The German Wehrmacht and Fluko Aarhus have been informed.”
Well, a Mustang had one engine and 6 12.7 mm machine guns.
See a
Mustang and
No. 19 Squadron RAF.
Also P-51 Mustang - Photos. And here is a
ME-109.
Mustang III FX999 took off on a ranger mission on 21 MAY
1944. (Source: Aircrew Remembered
has
this.)
Special remarks in p321 MACR:
"Took off from
Holmsley South with Mosquitos."
Airwar
over Denmark has more about
this
plane and its crew. Updated:
07 MAR 2026 1 airman.
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