Denne Spitfire var på bombetogt.
Flying Officer Niels Juul Rysensteen
Buchwald, 29, Pilot på
Spitfire IX PT718 fra 222 Squadron
med base på B35 Godelmesnil Airfield mellem Dieppe og Abbeville i Frankrig
blev dræbt i luftkamp over Schoondijke i Holland den 13. oktober 1944.
Danish WW2 Pilots har
dette om
N.J.R. Buchwald og
dette om J.
Thalbitzer. I AirmenDK P/O J. Thalbitzer. F/Lt
L. McMillan blev aldrig fundet.
Wikipedia: Schoondijke
er en landsby i den the
hollandske provins
Zeeland. Den
ligger i kommunen
Sluis, omkring 5 km syd for
Breskens.
Beboere i Schoondijke sørgede her for et pænt
gravsted, men kort efter Danmarks befrielse fik familien den dræbte flyver
overført til hjemlandet. (Kilde: FAF)
Se
Supermarine Spitfire
- Wikipedia.
This Spitfire pilot was on a bombing
raid.
Flying Officer Niels Juul Rysensteen
Buchwald, 29, the Pilot of
Spitfire IX PT718 of 222 Squadron
based at B35 Godelmesnil Airfield between Dieppe and Abbeville in France
was killed in an aerial battle over Schoondijke in The Netherlands on 13
October, 1944.
Danish WW2 Pilots
has this
about N.J.R. Buchwald and
this about
Jørgen Thalbitzer. On AirmenDK P/O J. Thalbitzer. F/Lt
L. McMillan was never found.
Wikipedia: Schoondijke
is a village in the
Dutch
province of
Zeeland. It is located in the municipality of
Sluis, about 5 km
south of
Breskens.
Residents of Schoondijke
provided a neat plot, but shortly after the liberation of Denmark the family had
the deceased airman repatriated to his native country. ( FAF)
See
Supermarine
Spitfire.
No. 222 Squadron
RAF - Wikipedia.
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