Harold Wolfenden       Photo: Knud Riis    Updated:  09 SEP 2012

Airman: a014070.htm Surname: Wolfenden Init: H Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 75

P_link: p121.htm Plane: WEL BK341 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Ho Bugt (Bay)

Crash_d: d111042 Buried_d: b161042 C_link: c014.htm At_Next: Esbjerg, A3. 9. 16

Den 11. oktober 1942 styrtede WEL BK341 i havet mellem Skallingen og Langli (omkring her)
i forbindelse med en minelægningsoperation over Kattegat.

Alle om bord omkom. 3 af de omkomne besætningsmedlemmer blev fundet.
De blev begravet i Esbjerg den 16. oktober 1942.
Piloten og endnu en flyver forsvandt i havet. (Kilde: FAF) Se Minelægningsområder.

Sergeant (Navigator / Bomber) Harold Wolfenden, 32 år, var søn af Harold og
Mary Elizabeth Wolfenden, Hull, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)
5 flyvere.

On 11 October 1942 WEL BK341 crashed into the sea between Skallingen and Langli (about here)
in connection with a minelaying operation over the Kattegat.

All on board perished. 3 of the perished crew members were found.
They were buried in Esbjerg on 16 October 1942.
The pilot and another airman disappeared into the sea. (Source: FAF) See Minelaying areas.

Sergeant (Navigator / Bomber) Harold Wolfenden, 32, was the son of Harold and
Mary Elizabeth Wolfenden, of Hull, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
God be with you till we meet again.

See Bomber Command No. 75 Squadron and No. 75 Squadron RNZAF.
This Wellington took off from RAF Mildenhall. Lost Bombers has this.
5 airmen.