Roy Hedley David Bouttell                      Updated:  10 NOV 2011

Airman: a019041.htm Surname: Bouttell Init: RHD Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 138

P_link: p220.htm Plane: HAL HR666 Operation: SOE to PL Crash_site: Storebælt off Sprogø

Crash_d: d140943 Buried_d: b291043 C_link: c019.htm At_Next: Frederikshavn

Den 14. september 1943 styrtede HAL HR666 i Storebælt mellem Halsskov Rev og Sprogø, måske
omkring her.
Det var på en nedkastningsoperation til Polen sammen med en del andre polske og britiske fly. (Kilde: FAF)

Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"Under overflyvning af Storebælt blev flyet skudt ned af tysk flak på Halsskov Rev." (FT 88-34-16)

R.H.D. Bouttell blev fundet ved Hals (måske omkring her) og begravet i Frederikshavn. (Kilde: FAF)

Sergeant (Air Gunner) Roy Hedley David Bouttell, 22 år, var søn af  Alfred Frank Bouttell og
Florence Isobel Bouttell, Morden, Surrey, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

2 flyvere fra HAL HR666 blev begravet i Korsør, 1 i Frederikshavn og 1 i Norge. 1 har ingen kendt grav.
2 flyvere blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre. 7 flyvere.

On 14 September 1943 at 22.30 hours HAL HR666 crashed into the Storebælt between Halskov Reef
and Sprogø, maybe about here.
It was on an SOE-mission to Poland. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:

"Overflying the Storebælt this plane was shot down by German flak on Halskov Reef."(FT 88-34-16)

R.H.D. Bouttell was found at Hals (maybe about here) and buried in Frederikshavn. (Source: FAF)

Sergeant (Air Gunner) Roy Hedley David Bouttell, 22, was the son of Alfred Frank Bouttell and
Florence Isobel Bouttell, of Morden, Surrey, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
Without farewell he left us with a proud and loving memory. Mum and Dad

2 airmen from HAL HR666 were buried in Korsør, 1 in Frederikshavn and 1 in Norway. 1 has no known grave. 2 airmen were taken to German POW-Camps.
See Bomber Command No. 138 (Special) Squadron *  RAF - Handley Page Halifax * Tempsford Special Duties Squadrons. Lost Bombers has this.
See also No. 138 Squadron * RAF Tempsford * A History of RAF Tempsford * The Tempsford Airfield Pages *  Roll of Honour, Tempsford. 7 airmen.