Eric Sidney Hale    Photo: Knud Riis    Updated:  31 MAR 2013

Airman: a014008.htm Surname: Hale Init: E S Rank: P/O Service: RAF Sqdn: 82

P_link: p038.htm Plane: BLE R3803 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d300741 Buried_d: b010941 C_link: c014.htm At_Next: Esbjerg, A. 14. 22

Kl. 12.43 den 30. juli 1941 lettede BLE R3803 fra RAF Bodney for at angribe skibe i Kielerkanalen.

Flyet styrtede i Nordsøen. Ingen overlevende. (Kilde: MACR)

Pilot Officer (Air Gunner) Eric Sidney Hale, 30 år, var søn af Sydney og Kate Hale, Norwich; gift med
Mary Teresa Hale, Norwich, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

E. S. Hale blev fundet drevet ind ved Nymindegab (omkring her) den 31. august 1941. Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den følgende dag.
G. G. Lee blev fundet ved Henne Strand (omkring her). Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 5. september 1941.
P. Stocks har ingen kendt grav. (Kilde: FAF) 3 flyvere.

At 12.43 hrs. on 30 July 1941 BLE R3803 took off from RAF Bodney to attack ships in the Kiel Canal.
It crashed in the North Sea. No survivors. (Source: MACR)

Pilot Officer (Air Gunner) Eric Sidney Hale, 30, was the son of Sydney and Kate Hale, of Norwich, and
the husband of Mary Teresa Hale, of Norwich, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
"Tranquil you lie... Your memory hallowed  in the land you loved"

E. S. Hale was found washed ashore near Nymindegab (about here) on 31 August 1941.
He was buried in Esbjerg on the following day.
G. G. Lee was found on Henne Beach (about here). He was buried in Esbjerg on 5 September 1941.
P. Stocks has no known grave. (Source: FAF)

Bomber Command No. 82 Squadron * No. 82 Squadron RAF *
This Bristol Blenheim took off from RAF Bodney. See the Blenheim Society. 3 airmen.