Bispebjerg churchyard on 26 March 1943. 29th March a fisherman brought the body of a pilot to Rødvig harbour. Wehrmachten had engaged some fishermen to look for the plane wreck in the sea, and in doing this they found a body. It was the body of F/Sgt Harrap who was buried in peace in Bispebjerg churchyard on 7th April 1943. 14th April fisherman Jens hansen found a body which was brought to Store heddinge hospital. it was fetched by the air commander from Kastrup the same day. Apparently they were the remains of Sgt Mairs on good authority were identified at the hospital, but to this day he is buried as an unknown pilot in Bispebjerg churchyard. This Memorial is erected by Halifax group and is sponsored by: Stevns Fire Fund, Diba Bank, Bdr. K. Hansen. The Danish Defence Brothers in Stevns, and Højerup Vestry. You can read more about the project on http://www.airmen.dk/p143.htm The following description of finding Dads body is not very pleasant as he had been in the water for 51 days. Tuesday, May 4th 1943 , 2030 hrs Police officer E.Bergman Flädie PD reported by telephone that he had been notified, that the body of a male person dressed in a foreign flying uniform had been found in Öresund by villa Haga in Bjerred. Due to the darkness further investigation of the body had to wait to the following day. The police officer was ordered to retrieve the body from the shore and protect it to the following morning. Next morning the senior officer G.Emmertz and his assistant Gustaf Olsson and E.Bergman, Made the examination of the body. The dead man was dressed in a military flying uniform and missing his headgear and one of the boots, had apparently been in the water for some time, the body was decomposing and the face was gone. Lower arms and legs was broken and the bones were visible. The body had the parachute harness but no chute, and a life preserver of rubber that was broken and had traces of fire.
Bispebjerg churchyard on 26 March 1943. 29th March a fisherman brought the body of a pilot to Rødvig harbour. Wehrmachten had engaged some fishermen to look for the plane wreck in the sea, and in doing this they found a body. It was the body of F/Sgt Harrap who was buried in peace in Bispebjerg churchyard on 7th April 1943. 14th April fisherman Jens hansen found a body which was brought to Store heddinge hospital. it was fetched by the air commander from Kastrup the same day. Apparently they were the remains of Sgt Mairs on good authority were identified at the hospital, but to this day he is buried as an unknown pilot in Bispebjerg churchyard. This Memorial is erected by Halifax group and is sponsored by: Stevns Fire Fund, Diba Bank, Bdr. K. Hansen. The Danish Defence Brothers in Stevns, and Højerup Vestry. You can read more about the project on http://www.airmen.dk/p143.htm The following description of finding Dads body is not very pleasant as he had been in the water for 51 days. Tuesday, May 4th 1943 , 2030 hrs Police officer E.Bergman Flädie PD reported by telephone that he had been notified, that the body of a male person dressed in a foreign flying uniform had been found in Öresund by villa Haga in Bjerred. Due to the darkness further investigation of the body had to wait to the following day. The police officer was ordered to retrieve the body from the shore and protect it to the following morning. Next morning the senior officer G.Emmertz and his assistant Gustaf Olsson and E.Bergman, Made the examination of the body. The dead man was dressed in a military flying uniform and missing his headgear and one of the boots, had apparently been in the water for some time, the body was decomposing and the face was gone. Lower arms and legs was broken and the bones were visible. The body had the parachute harness but no chute, and a life preserver of rubber that was broken and had traces of fire.
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