Handley Page Halifax LL235 RAF - Karlsminde, Denmark
N 55° 02.986 E 009° 50.408
32U E 553674 N 6100652
Den 23. april 1944 fik 77 Squadron til opgave at droppe miner i Østersøen, helt nøjagtigt på positionen 54.48 N og 12.42 Ø, et område syd for Møn. Men bombepilot Thompsons fly, LL235 nåede aldrig Østersøen. Flyet blev skudt ned af en tysk jager.
Waymark Code: WM14R7F
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 08/13/2021
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Den 23. april 1944 fik 77 Squadron til opgave at droppe miner i Østersøen, helt nøjagtigt på positionen 54.48 N og 12.42 Ø, et område syd for Møn. Men bombepilot Thompsons fly, LL235 nåede aldrig Østersøen. Flyet blev skudt ned af en tysk jager, Messerschmidt Bf-110.
Der er rejst en mindesten for piloterne på stranden ved Karlsminde, lidt nord for nedstyrtningsstedet.
English: On 23 April 1944, 77 Squadron was given the task of dropping mines in the Baltic Sea, exactly at the position 54.48 N and 12.42 Ø, an area south of Møn. But bomber pilot Thompson's aircraft, LL235, never reached the Baltic Sea. The plane was shot down by a German fighter, Messerschmidt Bf-110.
A memorial stone has been erected for the pilots on the beach at Karlsminde, a little north west of the crash site.
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Date of Crash: 04/23/1944
Aircraft Model: Handley Page Halifax Mk-II
Military or Civilian: Military
Cause of Crash: Shot down by german fighterplane
Tail Number: Not listed
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