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Mindestenen over de syv allierede soldater, der blev skudt ned af et tysk fly, blev indviet den 5. september 2010.

Under en SOE-flyvning ( Special Operations Executive) til Polen med våbenforsyninger blev Halifax DT620 skudt ned over Stevns.
Mange Stevnsboere vidne til luftkampen mellem en engelsk og en tysk flyvemaskine der mødtes ved klinten mellem Rødvig og Højerup. Den engelske maskine blev ramt og styrtede brændende ned nogle få hundrede meter ude i vandet ved Højerup.Politiets patruljebåd fra Rødvig kom hurtigt til stede, men flyvemaskinen var sunket næsten straks.
Flyet nedstyrtede den 14. marts 1943 kl. 21.45 på 7-8 m vand ved Harvig. Alle ombordværende blev dræbt.
Fra HAL DT620 blev 5 flyvere begravet på Bispebjerg og 1 i Sverige, mens 1 har ingen kendt grav.


The memorial stone for the seven Allied soldiers shot down by a German aircraft was inaugurated on September 5, 2010.

Halifax DT620 was shot down over Stevns on a SOE-operation to Poland with supplies of weapons. The plane ditched on 14 March 1943 at 9.45 pm in the sea at Harvig at a depth of 7-8 m . All on board were killed.
Many residents of Stevns witnessed an aerial battle between an English and a German plane that met at the cliff between Rødvig
and Højerup. The English plane was hit and crashed, burning, into the sea a few hundred metres off Højerup. The Police patrol boat from Rødvig soon arrived, but the plane had sunk nearly immediately.
5 airmen from HAL DT620 were buried in Bispebjerg and 1 in Sweden, while 1 has no known grave.

Source: "airmen.dk"

Web Address for Related Web Sites: [Web Link] Date of Crash: 03/14/1943 Aircraft Model: Halifax DT620 Military or Civilian: Military Tail Number: HAL DT620 Cause of Crash: Aerial battle.

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