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Minelaying on the night of 28/29 April 1943.
207 aircrafts were dispatched for mine laying duties from Heligoland to the sea
off Denmark including the Belts. Due to low clouds over Germany and Denmark the
minelayers had to fly low to establish their position thus making them easy
targets for the German flak. A total of 22 aircrafts was lost. This was the
heaviest loss of aircraft while minelaying in the war, but the number of mines
laid was the highest in one night.
“The Bomber Command War Diaries” by Middlebrook and Everitt”
Eleven of these aircrafts are confirmed to have crashed in the Danish area. It
is known that more aircrafts crashed in the sea surrounding Denmark but since
there have not been found enough to identify them by, they are not mentioned
below.
Minelaying on the night of 28/29 April 1943:
Lancaster I W4898 crashed in the
southern part of Kattegat
29/4-1943
Stirling III BK807 crashed in Langelands Belt on
29/4 1943
Wellington X HE395 crashed at Over Jersdal on 29/4
1943
Stirling I BF447 shot down near Vrønding on 29/4
1943
Stirling III BF467 crashed in Langelands Belt near
Kappel on 29/4 1943
Stirling III BF515 shot down by Taagerup on 29/4
1943
Wellington X HE170 tried to crash land near
Bjerndrup 29/4 1943
Wellington X HZ278 crashed Esbjerg on 29/4 1943
Lancaster I W4945 crashed 29/4 1943 at Remmerstrand
Stirling I EF356 shot down near Aadum on 29/4 1943
Lancaster III ED733 crashed at Jordrup on 29/4-1943
Stirling I serial number R9290 crashed in the
Langelandsbælt near Vesternæs of Lolland 29/4 1943
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