Flight Lieutenant John Alan Burkitt, 26 år, var søn af Frederick og Ethel Burkitt, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
Han er begravet på Mandal Kirkegaard i Norge. (Kilde: CWGC)

Den 26. april 1945 forsvandt HAL JP330. Måske blev flyet skudt ned af tyske natjagere over Skagerrak.

Halifax GR. III RAF serie No JP330 fra 58 Sqn. kendingsbogstaver 'BY - Q' startede fra RAF Stornoway på en patruljetur efter tyske skibe og U-både
i Skagerrak-området. Det kom ikke tilbage!

Imidlertid blev to besætningsmedlemmer skyllet op på kysten nær den sydnorske by Mandal kort efter at flyet gik tabt.
De er begravet på byens kirkegård. (Kilde: Robin Hudson fra RAFA Stornoway).

Flight Lieutenant John Alan Burkitt, 26, was the son of Frederick and Ethel Burkitt, of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
He is buried in MANDAL CHURCHYARD in Norway. (Source: CWGC)

The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has this about 2nd Pilot J. A. Burkitt.

On 26 April 1945 HAL JP330 disappeared. Maybe it was shot down by German night fighters over the Skagerrak.

Halifax GR. III RAF serial No JP330 of 58 Sqn. coded 'BY - Q' took off from RAF Stornoway on an anti-shipping sortie in the Skagerrak area
and it failed to return.

However, two crew members were washed ashore near the southern Norwegian town of Mandal shortly after the aircraft was lost.
They are buried in the town churchyard. (Source: Robin Hudson of RAFA Stornoway).

See Anatomy of a Halifax and RAF Coastal Command. This Halifax from No. 58 Squadron started from RAF Stornoway.
Robin Hudson of RAFA Stornoway sent details of airmen from HAL JP333 * HAL JP302 * HAL JP173 * HAL PN402 * HAL JP299 and HAL JP330.
Also HAL HX224 and HAL JP336 took off from RAF Stornoway. See the present 58 Squadron with 58 Squadron History and
58 Squadron (History Page, WW II).