John Grayshan and navigator Albert James Berry, however, never made it out, both found dead at the crash site and buried by German forces without ceremony. Crashed at Asmindrup  Denmark. A memorial to the crew was finally unveiled in 2005, with three of the surviving airmen present six decades later.

Hit to its port wing that set it ablaze. Five of the seven crew managed to bail out or were thrown clear as the aircraft broke apart mid-air, scattering wreckage across the Danish countryside near Sønder Asmindrup. Local farmers, a blacksmith's wife, and even a village doctor quietly took in the wounded survivors, treating their injuries and connecting them to the Danish resistance, who forged false ID papers and smuggled several of them by boat all the way to neutral Sweden within weeks. Pilot John Grayshan and navigator Albert James Berry, however, never made it out, both found dead at the crash site and buried by German forces without ceremony. Crashed at Asmindrup Denmark. A memorial to the crew was finally unveiled in 2005, with three of the surviving airmen present six decades later.

Night mine-laying mission over the Baltic. MX793 was flying outbound over the island of Sjælland it was attacked by a German Ju 88 G-6 nightfighter coded D5+ZB of I./ NJG 3 piloted by Gruppenkommandeur Major Werner Husemann and with the crew of Bordfunker Hans-Georg Schierholz, Bordschütze Feldwebel Willi Möller and Second Bordfunker Feldwebel Hein Fehmann.

achieved by previous generations- including the victory have proved egually dangerous.
with e a c hyear the events of the Great Patriotic War retreat further into the pages of history. But
This is actually all t h a t wanted to say after first reading this manuscript. Bet it is not just simple episodes from the biographies of my wartime comrades. In many respects our postwar fates were probably similar. Most combat pilots remained in the ranks. They became familiar with the new technologies. studied at military academies. For us, simple vouths from families of modest means, a broad road into the future opened itself. And now, when I look back on the path that I took. I remem berwithgratitudethemenwithwhomIknew goodaswellasbadduringthedifficultyearsofwarand especially with w h o m I learned to understand the souls of men and their secrets. I remember the time when Icame to love a fougn out very necessary profession. Later this proved neiprur in eming about my experiences fulfilling the difficult tasks of an airman ofthe fatherland. We are therefore pleased to see every sentence dedicated to our dear friends.w i s h them luck and healthand to the authorof this

ABRAMCHUK, Nikolaj Ivanovich
Combat record: 16 personal victories, 300 sorties Decorations: Gold Star of Hero of the Soviet Union on Octo- ber 9, 1943 for 1 victories. 239 sorties of which 114 were ground attacks as of June, 1943; the Orders of Lenin, the Red Banner (2)t h e Red Star.
Abramchuk was born on November 20. 1912 and entered the Soviet Army for flight training in 1932. He received his wings
at Engels military flying school ni 1936 and fought from the very start of the Patriotic War. He s a wconsiderable fighting on Southwest, West, Stalingrad and Ist Ukrainian Fronts while serving with the 894 IAP. He was a Kapitan and squadron leader when awarded the Gold Star for his efforts. Abramchuk left active duty with the rank of Podpolkovnik in 1954 and died on
February ,1 1974.