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Stirling III BF506 shot down by Bøgballe on 21/4 1943.
The aircraft belonged to RAF 75 Sqn. Bomber Command and was coded AA-P.
T/O 22:05 Newmarket. OP: Rostock.
Bf506 was attacked by a German Bf 110 night fighter piloted by Oberfeldwebel
Mangelsdorf of 12./NJG 3 with the crew of Unteroffizier Plath and Unteroffizier
Platz. At 03:00 it was reported on wireless to England that the Stirling was on
fire, and shortly after it crashed in field belonging to Kresten Christensen in
Bøgballe north of Vejle.
Above pictures from the crashsite via Vejle Byarkiv.
The funeral in Esbjerg Fovrfeld Cemetery on 30/4-1943
The Stirling exploded on impact killing all onboard. Luftwaffe soldiers from Rye
airfield retrieved the dead bodies and brought them to Esbjerg, where they were
laid to rest in Fovrfelt cemetery on April 30. These were the bodies of Pilot
P/O Alan G. Tolley, Navigator F/S William H. Ellis, Air Bomber Sgt Frank W.
Upton, Flt. Engr. Sgt Gerald A. R. Town, Air Gnr. Sgt Frederick J. Earle and Air
Gnr. Sgt Ian C. Salt.
When the crash site was excavated another body was discovered on May 11. It was
taken to Esbjerg via Vejle and laid to rest in Fovrfelt cemetery on May 18. This
was W/Op-Air Gnr. F/Sgt Cyril T. Cobb RNZAF.
(Via Finn Buch)
F/Sgt Cyril T. Cobb
(Via Finn Buch)
Air Gnr. Sgt Ian C. Salt
(Via Finn Buch)
Pilot P/O Alan G. Tolley
(Via Finn Buch)
Flt. Engr. Sgt Gerald A. R. Town
(Lynne Truex, nee Ellis)
Navigator F/S William H. Ellis
(Lynne Truex, nee Ellis)
Ellis and crew
Local people have set a memorial stone next to the crash site.
Sources: Report Vejle police, LBUK, BE, CWGC, JJ.
The night of 20/21 April 1943
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Stirling III BF506 shot down by Bøgballe on 21/4
1943
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Halifax II HR714 crashed in the tidal area off the
island of Mandø 21/4 1943.
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Lancaster ED709 crashed Ringkøbing Fjord 21/4 1943
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