Mustang III HK460 crashed in Fælledparken, København 21/3 1945

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Mustang III HK460 crashed in Fælledparken, København 21/3 1945.

The aircraft belonged to RAF 64 Sqn. Fighter Command.
T/O 08:45 Fersfield. OP: Fighter support to Shell house attack and strafing of flak positions.

In the early afternoon of 20/3 the Mustang`s from 64 Sqn that would participate in the Shell house attack transferred from their base at Bentwater to Fersfield.

During the attack HK460 was hit by flak while flying over Københavns harbour and crashed at 11:20 hours in Fælledparken Park in København killing the pilot F/Lt David A. Drew.

Drew was laid to rest in København Bispebjerg cemetery on 28/3 1945.

Sources: FAF, LBUK, AIR 27/ 591.

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