Frank Vero Messenger Photo: Knud Riis
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16 AUG 2021 P_link: p211.htm Plane: HAL DK261 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Off Mandø Crash_d: d240843 Buried_d: b020943 C_link: c014.htm At_Next: Esbjerg, A. 9. 10 Den 24. august 1943 blev HAL DK261 under returflyvning fra Berlin skudt ned af en tysk natjager ved Mandø. Flyet styrtede ned vest for øen, måske omkring her. Se p211MACR med mange detaljer. 2 omkomne besætningsmedlemmer fra dette fly, F. V. Messenger og M. W. Stevenson, blev begravet i Esbjerg den 2. september 1943. Sergeant (Flight Engineer) Frank Vero
Messenger var fra United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC) On 24 AUG 1943 HAL DK261 on the return flight from Berlin HAL DK261 was shot down by a German night fighter at Mandø. The plane crashed west of the island of Mandø, maybe about here. 2 perished crew members, F. V. Messenger and M. W. Stevenson, were buried in Esbjerg on 2 SEP 1943. Sergeant (Flight Engineer) Frank Vero
Messenger was from the United Kingdom. (Source:
CWGC) |