Crash site: Nørlund Forest, Årestrup, 15 km North of Hobro, Jutland, DK
Crash cause: unknown. German Flak seems the most likely cause
Name |
1. Guilonard, Nicodême (Nelis)
N. Guilonard Source: SLH Aerestrup 051209 Guilonard N |
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Rank |
Ltz 1kl MLD, Pilot |
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Decorations |
None known |
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Born |
29/6/1904 |
Place |
Brielle, NL |
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Squadron |
RAF 206 Sqn Coastal Command |
Ops/hr |
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Aircraft |
Liberator Mk. GR VII Nr. KH410 PQ-N |
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Base |
RAF Leuchars, Fife, GB |
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Mission |
Anti shipping patrol in the Kattegat area. Take-off 20:11h. |
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Status |
KIA, crashed about 00:30h. Cause unknown; enemy Flak seems the most likely cause. |
age |
40 |
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Killed |
21/4/1945 |
Place |
56.48021N/9.45249E, Torstedlund Skov Forest, South of Årestrup, DK |
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Buried |
Buried 22/4/1945 by the Germans at the crash site. Reburied 22/6/1947 at Årestrup Churchyard, prov. Slørping, Jutland, DK, grave 709 |
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Known to |
OGS |
yes |
CWGC |
no |
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Other crew |
2. W/O. Kenneth Emery, Ag, RAF 1076591 - KIA, grave 706 3. P/O. Winsor Thomas Henry Gale, fe, RAF VR 190271, age 24- KIA, grave 710 4. F/O. Allan James Harding, Nav, RAF VR 153317, age 28- KIA, grave 715 5. F/Lt. Peter Stevens Leinthall Laycock, Wop/Ag, RAF VR 151105, age 24 - KIA, grave 708 6. W/O. George Charles Kenneth Long, Ag, RAF VR 1319712 - KIA, grave 712 7. F/Sgt. Frederick Ralph Orritt, Wop/mec/Ag, RAF VR 1432826, age 21 - KIA, grave 713 8. F/O. Anthony Richard Tenison Smith, Pilot, RNZAF 4214135, age 23 - KIA, grave 716 9. W/O.1 Walter William Spencer, Wop/Ag, RCAF R/110774, age 22 - KIA, grave 714 10. W/O. Thomas Keith Theaker, Ag, RCAF R/132255, age 25 - KIA, grave 711 11. P/O. George Henry Topliff, Nav, RAAF 419396, age 20 - KIA, grave 706 |
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Remarks |
All crew are buried next to each other at Årestrup Churchyard, with pilot N. Guilonard in the center, after initial burial near the crash site. All other crew not Dutch. |
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Memorial |
1. A memorial was erected at the crash site in August 1945 |
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GB arrival |
Trained at JAAB, USA, and was send to GB |
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Data Confusion |
Årestrup Churchyard. N. Guilonard is buried in the center of the entire Liberator crew. Aerestrup 051209-2
Ltz 1kl N. Guilonard and P/O. G.H. Topcliff were thrown from the wreck, and could be identified by the Germans via their ID disks. The bodies were buried next to the crash site. Only on 14-06-1947 was the joint field grave found. All could be identified by the MR&ES. On 22-06-1947 all were buried in Årestrup Churchyard. Group Captain E.W.R. Sadler, Mrs. Guilonard, and several British and Danish officers attended.
A memorial was erected at the crash site on 04-08-1945, composed of a stone found locally, and parts of the aircraft, by workers from the local Nørlund sawmill. See the Chapter on memorials.
Source: Søren Flensted
2. Crash site data
Norlund 21-04-1945 1. Source: Søren Flensted
Norlund 21-04-1945 2. Source: Søren Flensted
Map 124. Nørlund Forest, Årestrup, Jutland, Denmark, showing the crash site of Liberator KH410, taking the life of N. Guilonard and the 10 non-Dutch other crew on 21/4/1945
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember them. - Laurence Binyon
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