"Natten
til den 7. maj 1944 nedkastede "Liberator" B-24DSA (B24 42-40530) en sending
våben til
den danske modstandsbevægelse på en plads ved Rugård
(Rugaard Gods
her, Paddesøvej 7, 5474 Veflinge) på Fyn.
Under returflyvningen over Jylland blev flyet ramt af tysk flak, brød i brand og
nedstyrtede nordvest for Skjern." (FAF)
Flystyrtet var
her,
overblik her
og her omkring
400 m nord for Kvembjergevej 15, 6900 Skjern.
(Kilde: Keld Vinther).
2 flyvere (2nd Lt (Bombardier) Floyd Holmes og T/Sgt
(Radio Operator) Jack C. Wengert blev opsamlet af modstandsbevægelsen og
udsejlet til Sverige i løbet af
maj 1944." (FAF)
Mere i Dansk Militærhistorie
om The Carpetbaggers
af Kim Juhler. Se også Anders Bjørnvads beretning
og Toldstrups beretning om de 2 flyvere.
Fra en amerikansk rapport gengivet i FAF s. 18:
"Lt Holmes så fra sit udsigtspunkt i næsen tydeligt, at kun en enkelt kanon
afgav skud, og at der kun blev afgivet i alt 5 skud."
69 omkomne flyvere fra dette og 14 andre fly mindes på
Mindetavlen i Rebild. De mistede livet under
nedkastningsoperationer til modstandsbevægelsen.
Af samme grund mindes de i London. Se 69 flyvere - St.
Clement Danes. Se
Google Map Rebild med 15 fly mistet med tab af 69 liv + 3 fly mistet
uden tab af liv.
8 flyvere.
On the night before 7 May 1944
"Liberator" B-24DSA (B24 42-40530)
dropped a load of weapons for the
Danish
resistance movement at a site at the
Rugaard estate
(Rugaard Gods
here, Paddesøvej 7, DK-5474 Veflinge) on Fyn.
The plane was hit by German flak, burst into
flames and crashed northwest of Skjern on the return flight over Jutland. (FAF)
The air crash was
here,
overview here
and here
about 400 m north of Kvembjergevej 15, 6900 Skjern.
(Source:
Keld Vinther)
2 airmen (2nd Lt (Bombardier) Floyd Holmes and T/Sgt
(Radio Operator) Jack C. Wengert) were picked up by the resistance movement and sailed to Sweden
in May 1944. (Source: FAF)
See also Anders Bjørnvad about the 2 airmen, p309r
and weapons and Toldstrup about Holmes and Wengert
of B24 43-40530.
From an American report quoted in FAF p. 18:
"Lt Holmes, from his vantage point in the nose, saw clearly that only on gun was
firing and that a total of five bursts were fired."
69 perished airmen from this and 14 other planes
are commemorated on the Memorial Tablet in Rebild.
They lost their lives in supply operations to the Danish resistance. For the
same reason they are commemorated in London. See 69
airmen - St. Clement Danes. See
Google Map Rebild with 15 + 3 planes lost.
This B-24 from
406 BS, 801
BG, 8 AF took off from
RAF Harrington.
Harrington Aviation Museum has more about
the 801st
/ 492nd Bomb Group.
8 airmen.
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