Den 3.
april 1945 kl. 1640 styrtede P51 44-12152 i Gamborg Indsø 6 km SE for Middelfart,
måske omkring
her.
(Kilde: Kort på Middelfart Museum)
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"Flyet styrtede ned i
et moseagtigt område. Halepartiet stak op over
vandoverfladen, men brækkede af under et bjærgningsforsøg umiddelbart
efter befrielsen.
I maj 1948 blev stedet undersøgt af en amerikansk kommision, og i september og oktober 1948 blev motor og ligrester bjærget
fra 3-4 meter mudder og 2 meter vand." (FT 85-80-45)
"Efter intensiv korrespondance
med USAAF er det lykkedes at identificere flyet
ved Gamborg Indsø. Den 3. april 1945 opererede
Mustang fra 3rd Scouting Force vejrreccoflyvning nord for målområdet ved
Kiel. En flight tilknyttet 862 BS, 493 BG blev kl. 1645 angrebet af en flight
amerikanske mustangs. Mustang P-51K-10NT
(44-12152) med 1st Lt John Stein som pilot blev ramt og gik i et fladt spin
i en højde af ca. 14000 feet. Den højre vinge brækkede af umiddelbart
før flyet gik ind i et
skylag i ca. 11000 feet. I oktober 1948
foretog en amerikansk kommission udgravninger i
Gamborg Indsø, og de fundne vragdele og ligrester blev transporteret til
Bremen til yderligere identifikation. Her blev det konstateret at
der var tale om Lt. Stein, og han blev senere
begravet på Ardennes American Cemetery,
Neuville-en-Condroz, Ardennerne, Belgien. På Middelfart Museum findes
flyets halehjul, »gun bay door« og ca. 100 patroner
af kaliber 12.7 mm." (FT 86-67-45) Mere i
p419MACR. Se
fotos.
1 flyver.
On 3 April 1945 at 16.40 hours
P51 44-12152 crashed into the Gamborg Inlet 6 km SE of
Middelfart, maybe about
here. (Source:
Map at Middelfart Museum)
(Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"The plane crashed into a kind of bog area. The tail section was above the
surface of the water, but it broke off during a failed salvage operation just
after the liberation.
In May 1948 the site was searched by an American
commission, and in September and October 1948 the engine and parts of human
remains were salvaged from
3-4 m of mud in water about 2 m deep." (FT 85-80-45)
"After an intensive correspondence with the USAAF
the identity of the plane at Gamborg Inlet was established. On 3 April 1945
Mustang from
3rd Scouting Force
was on a weather reconnaissance flight north of
the target area at Kiel. At 16.45 hours a flight attached to 862 BS, 493 BG was
attacked by a flight of American Mustangs.
Mustang P-51K-10NT (44-12152) with Pilot, 1st Lt John Stein was hit. It went
into a flat spin at an altitude of app. 14,000 feet. Its right wing broke off
just before the plane flew into a layer of clouds at about 11,000 feet. In
October 1948 an American commission carried out excavations in the Gamborg Inlet.
The wreckage parts found and the parts of a body were taken to Bremen for further
identification. Here the identity of Lt Stein was established.
Later he was buried in Ardennes American Cemetery,
Neuville-en-Condroz in Belgium.
The tail wheel, the gun bay door and about 100 cartridges caliber 12,7 mm are to
be found at
the
Middelfart Museum." (FT 86-67-45)
More in p419MACR.
See Photos.
This
P-51 Mustang was from
the 3SF,
55 FG, 66 CBW,
3 BD. It took off from
RAF Wormingford - USAAF
Station 159. See P-51 Mustang Photos.
1 airman.
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