Danish Spitfires in RAF

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At the bottom of this text you’ll see that there was a fourth Spitfire donated by the Danes. However, little, if anything at all apparently, is known about this mysterious Spitfire and I’m posting this in the hope that someone out there may have some information about it.
Being a Dane myself, this is of great interest to me and I would be happy if anyone knew anything about this Spitfire, or could point me in the direction where to begin to search.
Thank you in advance.

During the Second World War many Danes who escaped from German occupation of their country joined the Royal Air Force or the hereto attached Norwegian units. Among them were several Danish fighter pilots.

Considerably less known is the story of aircraft donation by Free Danes around the World in support of their fighting airmen. In 1941-1942, worldwide collection of funds among the Danish community in exile resulted in bringing up a sum of over £40,113 for a number of Spitfires to be flown by Danish pilots in the Royal Air Force squadrons.

In 1940, while the air war was raging in the skies over Southern England, a large number of Spitfire Funds were set up all over the world by corporations, counties, organisations and the like, with the aim of raising money for aircraft production. The tradition of donating money for weapons for the armed forces was not new; for centuries armament had been supplied by private initiative. In dark times, as the German forces were planning to cross the Channel, the idea caught on again.

In the summer of 1941, a delegation of the Danish Freedom Council in London travelled North and South America to visit free Danish on this continent. Inspired by an initiative among Danes in Eastern U.S. it was decided to start a worldwide collection of funds; a Fighter fund was set up.

On 9 April 1942, two years after the German occupation of Denmark, the result of the collection was presented to Prime Minister Winston Churchill in his office on 10 Downing Street. The delegation consisted of representatives of the Danish Council in London, the leader of the Danish recruitment office in London, Captain Iverson, P/O Jørgen Thalbitzer, machinist P. H. Skov, and seaman Helge Christensen. The £ 38,000 that were donated on this day were eventually increased to a total of £ 40,113. The aim was to donate 8 Spitfires for the Royal Air Force.

On the following day the first three aircraft were presented to the representatives of No. 234 (Madras Presidency) Squadron during an official ceremony at RAF Coltishall. In service with this unit were three Danish fighter pilots, P/O Jørgen Thalbitzer, P/O Aksel A. Svendsen and P/O Jens Ipsen, who also demonstrated the aircraft in the air. Present were also C.E. Aagaard, Danish ambassador to Sweden, Krøyer-Kielgaard, president of the Danish Council, Anker-Petersen, J. Wullf, H.T. Karsten, and E. Hertel.

The three Spitfires were given the names SKAGEN IND, NIELS EBBESEN, and VALDEMAR ATTERDAG.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk. VB
BL924 AZ-G VALDEMAR ATTERDAG
No. 234 Squadron, Coltishall, April 1942

Supermarine Spitfire Mk. VB
BL855 AZ-U NIELS EBBESEN
No. 234 Squadron, Coltishall, April 1942

Supermarine Spitfire Mk. VB
BL831 as AZ-K ‘SKAGEN IND’
No. 234 Squadron, Coltishall, April 1942

The Free Danes’ Spitfire Fund originally planned a donation of 8 Spitfires in all. At the end of the day, according to Boot and Sturtivant (2005) four Spitfires and a Handley Page Hampden were donated.

The fourth Spiftire (mark and serial number unknown) was given the name HOLGER DANSKE, after another Danish national figure. According to the legend, Holger Danske is asleep beneath Kronborg Castle in Elsinore, but he will awake and come to rescue if Denmark is in real danger.