Sgt Chambers, R.A.F. Multi-Cache

Sergeant (Navigator / Bomber) Colin Frederick Chambers.
Royal Airforce 138th Squadron, Bombing command, Tempsford Airfield, UK
Begravd på Fjelie nya kyrkogård, Lomma kommun

En kort 2-stegs multi
Se spoilerbild på var gravstenen finns!
Cachen finns INTE på kyrkans mark!

A short 2-step multicache
See spoiler picture where the grave stone is located!
The cache is NOT located on church ground!

Under en SOE-flygning (Special Operation Executive) till Polen med vapenförstärkningar blev planet, Halifax II, Flight Nr DT620, nedskjuten över Stevns, Danmark. 
Planet störtade den 14 mars 1943 kl. 21.45 på 7-8 m djup vid Harvig, Danmark, alla 7 ombord omkom.

Chambers är begravd här i Fjelie, 5 i Bispebjerg, Danmark o en är begravd på okänd plats.

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The flight belonged to the Royal Airforce 138th Squadron, Bombing command and was codet NF-T. Departure 17:50 from Tempsford with the mission: SOE to drop zone Wrona 614 in Poland.

At Kastrup airstation captain of the air squadron lieutenant-colonel Martin Drewes from the nightfighter squadron was warned by the duty officer at the radar station “Seehund” which was Tyberg in the middle of Zealand, he reported that there were several enemy planes which were about to cross Zealand from the West to the East in low altitude.
In this altitude the radar was not able to help the nightfighter and he could only give the course of the planes.
Shortly after takeoff in his Messerschmitt Bf 110 code D5+DR Drewes spotted a Halifax in 200 meters altitude and opened fire from a range of 80 meters.
After a short burst, the Halifax caught fire, exploded in the air and fell into the sea just outside Harvig 21:42 hrs.
It fell in 8 meters of water, 200 meters from the coast, East for Jens Hansens house.
The crew from flight DT620 existing of :
Pilot F/S Leslie R. Smith, RAF
Co pilot Sgt Horace R. Harrap RNZAF 
Wop Sgt Thomas Mairs, RAF
Navigator/ Air Bomber Sgt. Colin F. Chambers, RAF
Air Gnr. F/S Eugene S. Masson, RCAF
Wop/Air Gnr. Sgt Donald R. Ross RCAF
Flt. Engr. Sgt. Arthur C. Sixsmith, RAF
Halifax DT620 came from RAF SQN. 138 had been on a secret mission “operation Slate” for SOE (Special Operation Executive) far away in Poland, where they had dropped 6 containers and 6 parcels for the Polish resistance.
The day before d. 13/3 the same plane and crew had been on “Operation Cockle 2″ in France also for SOE.
On the way home to England the rute went over Stevns in Denmark.
In the local newspaper “Stevns Avisen” you could read about the aerial combat by the cliff.
On sunday evening many of the local residents of Stevns witnessed an aerial combat between an English and a German plane which met  at the cliff between Rødvig and Højerup-
The English plane was hit, burst into flames and crashed in the sea a few meters from Højerup.
The Police patrol boat from Rødvig came quickly to the scene but the plane sank almost at once.
From Store Heddinge where the crash was also observed, they sent a motor fireengine as they didn´t know where the plane crashed.
On Monday morning several pieces of the crashed plane and two of the crew were washed ashore.
Sgt Mairs has no burial place but is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, while Sgt Chambers is buried in Fjelie, Sweden.
His body was found washed ashore at Villa Hage in Bjerred between Malmo and Landskrona, 4th May 1943-20:30 hrs.
He was found tangled in his parachute ropes, without the parachute. At night the body was guarded  by the local military barracks.
Next morning it was examined by the local Police and put in a coffin and driven to the local chapel in Fjelie.
Chambers was buried in Fjelie churchyard 26 May 1943 with full military honours.
The Army chaplain E. Eberhard carried out the funeral ceremonies.
The 15th March 00:30 hrs. a body was found on the beach close to Jens hansens house.  06:30 hrs. another pilot was found near by.
Both bodies were brought to Rødvig and handed over to the German Wehrmacht who brought them to Kastrup air station.
It must have been Mason and Ross who were buried in Copenhagen in Bispebjerg churchyard,d. 19 March 1943.
21st March a body was washed ashore near Rødvig. It was taken care of by the Danish Police and brought to Store Heddinge hospital.
The body was badly mutilated and was dressed in a blue/grey uniform with 3 vinkler and a gold crown on the right over arm.
Furthermore it carried the emblem RAF in gold. 22 March it was reported that the body was fetched by Wehrmacht.
It must have been Sgt. Smith who was buried at 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 aircommander 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 (in Denmark) is erected by Halifax group and is sponcered 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

För att hitta cachen (som inte finns på kyrkans mark)
Gå till graven enl koordinaterna, läs siffrorna (6st) på hans gravsten som står framför SERGEANT, de 3 första =XXX, de 3 sist=YYY

N55 43.XXX-126, E013 06.YYY-112

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To find the cache (not om church ground)
Walk to the grave/koordinates, read the numbers (6) on his gravestone in front of SERGEANT, the 3 first=XXX, the 3 final=YYY

N55 43.XXX-126, E013 06.YYY-112