Airwar over Denmark by Søren C. Flensted. Air War over Denmark

Approximately 1025 flyers from Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Holland, Norway and Poland and 135 American flyers have rested or now rest in Denmark, the first body being found washed ashore on 17/11-1939.
Most of the Americans were brought out of the country in April / May 1948 and transferred to Belgium and later to the United States.

The first German aircraft to come down in Denmark was on 7/10 1939, and on 8/10 1939 the first German flyers were picked up by a Danish ship.

The first German flyer to be washed ashore in Denmark was on 26/11 1938.

Approximately 9700 German military personnel today rest in Denmark of which approximately 7300 died during the last six month of the war. Only a minority of which were from the German Luftwaffe.
Most of the deceased Luftwaffe personnel died due to training accidents and only very few due to actual air combat.

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