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Hampden I L4087 ditched in Tannis bay off Kandestederne 20/7 1940.
The aircraft belonged to RAF 44 Sqn. Bomber Command and was coded KM-C.
T/o Waddington OP: Gardening Yewtree (Off Frederikshavn)
At 00:50 hours the Hampden was hit by flak from 4.Res.Flakabt 615 and ditched in
Tannis bay 300 to 400 meters off Kandestederne five minutes later.
At eight o`clock in the morning it was reported to Skagen police from a peat bog
in Hulsig that a British flyer had been found there by the peat cutters. It was
Rear gunner P/O B. Green, who told the police that he had crashed into the sea a
few hundred meters off the west coast and had swam to the shore. He had then
walked in the direction of the smoke coming from the machinery used in the bog.
The German Wehrmacht in Skagen had been alerted and arrived soon after to
collect Green.
Later on it was reported to the police that the Pilot Sgt. E.L.Farrands had been found in a summer cottage in Kandestederne belonging to
Wholesaler Carlo Gram. Farrands was soon after collected by the German Wehrmacht.
On 21/7 the dead body of Wop/Air gnr. Sgt Reginald T.Miller was found on the
beach near Spirbakken and taken to Skagen mortuary. On 24/7 he was laid to rest
in Skagen cemetery. On that day the body of Observer Sgt Percy D. Nixon was
found on Skagen northern beach and laid to rest in Skagen cemetery the day
after.
Green and Farrands were sent to German to the prisoner of war camps. After
interrogation at Dulag Luft in Oberursel Green was sent to Stalag Luft I Barth
and later to Stalag Luft III Sagan/Belaria. Farrands was sent to Stalag Luft I
Barth, then to Stalag Luft VI Heydekrug to end up in Stalag Luft IV Gross Tychow.
(Bangsbo museum)
Sources: FAF, BCL, RL 19/454/472, LBUK , UA, CWGC, OLCB.
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