John Bestwick Updated: 08 NOV 2011 Airman: e444029.htm Surname: Bestwick Init: J Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 61 P_link: p030.htm Plane: HAM AD727 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Kiel Bay off Buelk Crash_d: d110641 Buried_d: e444 C_link: e444.htm At_Next: GERMANY
Den 11. juni 1941 blev
HAM AD727 skudt ned af tysk marineflak (omkring
her) nær Buelk ved Kiel under en minelægningsoperation. 1 flyver fra HAM AD727 blev begravet i Kappel, Danmark, 1 i Kiel, Tyskland og 2 har ingen kendt grav. 4 flyvere.
On 11 June 1941
HAM AD727 was shot down by German flak (about
here) near Buelk at Kiel on a minelaying operation.
See
Minelaying areas. Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) John
Bestwick, 21, was the son of James and Frances Jane Bestwick of West
Bridgford, Nottingham,
United Kingdom. 1 airman from
HAM AD727 was buried in Kappel, Denmark, 1 in Kiel,
Germany, and 2 have no known graves. |