Dennis Sydney Watson                           Updated:  12 JAN 2012

Airman: a007002.htm Surname: Watson Init: D S Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 77

P_link: p396.htm Plane: HAL MZ924 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Smålandsfarvandet

Crash_d: d140245 Buried_d: b130645 C_link: c007.htm At_Next: Bogø

I forbindelse med en mineudlægningsoperation natten til den 15. februar 1945 nedstyrtede en "Halifax"
i havet et sted syd for Sjælland. Hele besætningen omkom. Se Google Map p396.

Sgt Watson blev fundet den 9. juni 1945 (omkring her). Han blev begravet den 13. juni 1945. (Kilde: FAF)

Sergeant (Air Gunner) Dennis Sydney Watson, 20 år, var søn af William og Alice Watson, Goole,
Yorkshire, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

Besætningen på HAL MZ924 er begravet i Skælskør (1), Brarup (2), Stubbekøbing (1), Svinø (2) og
Bogø (1). 7 flyvere.

In connection with a minelaying operation the night before 15 February, 1945 a "Halifax" crashed into
the sea somewhere south of Zealand. All of the crew perished. See Google Map p396.

On 9 June 1945 Sgt Watson was found (about here). He was buried on 13 June 1945. (Source: FAF)

Sergeant (Air Gunner) Dennis Sydney Watson, 20, was the son of William and Alice Watson, of Goole, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)

The airmen of HAL MZ924 are buried in Skælskør (1), Brarup (2), Stubbekøbing (1), Svinø (2) and Bogø (1).

See Bomber Command No. 77 Squadron and RAF - Handley Page Halifax.
This Halifax took off from RAF Full Sutton.
See Handley Page Halifax III at Yorkshire Air Museum and The Wartime Memories Project - 77 Squadron.  Lost Bombers has this. 7 airmen.