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Halifax II HR712 crashed Store Bælt near Slipshavn
21/4-1943.
The aircraft belonged to RAF 102 Sqn. Bomber Command and was coded DY-M.
T/O 21:34 Pocklington. OP: Stettin.
While flying over Store Bælt near Nyborg the Halifax was hit by flak from III.
Zug I./lei 985 commanded by Hauptmann Seifert and 8./MAA.508 and crashed at
02:26 hours in the water near Slipshavn.
Meldrum and
Olliver in København
(Via Steve Kendall)
Pilot Sgt Peter R. Olliver
(Via
Steve Kendall)
Flt. Engr. Sgt G. S. Meldrum
There were only two survivors namely Pilot Sgt P. R. Olliver and Flt. Engr. Sgt
G. S. Meldrum who were rescued by the ship MS Nordmark and at
03:20 hours brought to Nyborg and handed over to Flakeinsatz Nyborg.
They were taken to København for initial
interrogation before being sent to Oberursel. Later they were sent to Stalag
Luft I Barth, Stalag Luft VI Heydekrug to end up in Stalag 357 Thorn/Fallingbostel.
On 3/5 three bodies were retrieved from the crashed aircraft 1550 metres off
Slipshavn by the Danish salvage ship “Absalon” and brought to the Marine station
at Slipshavn where they were handed over to the Wehrmacht. It was the bodies of
Sgt Frank W. Day, W/O Gordon H. Bartman RCAF and Sgt James B.M. Irving who were
all laid to rest in Nyborg cemetery.
(Denise Day)
Sgt Frank W. Day
Nyborg cemetery
(Via Steve Kendall)
Sgt Alexander F. Warner
On 5/5 the body of Sgt Alexander F. Warner was found in the Store Bælt and
brought to the Marine station in Slipshavn by MS Nordmark and laid to rest in Nyborg cemetery.
(Via Steve Kendall)
Sgt George L. Doidge
On 9/6 the body of Sgt George L. Doidge was found washed ashore on the island of
Lindholm. It was brought to the hospital in Nyborg and later laid to rest in
Nyborg cemetery.
The wreckage in Nyborg Harbour
Sources: UA, RL 19/456, LBUK, CWGC, OLCB, KTI.
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