Den 30. marts 1943 styrtede HAL JB842 i Fehmarn Belt (måske omkring her).

"329 fly angreb Berlin og på grund af vanskelige vejrforhold og dårlig markering af målet mislykkedes angrebet. 21 fly gik tabt. Under indflyvningen til Berlin blev JB842 angrebet af en tysk natjager, og nær den nordtyske kyst eksploderede flyet i luften, hvorved alle besætningsmedlemmer blev dræbt." (FT 86-88-8)

"Opgave: Nedkastning af brochurer og bomber. Mål: Berlin."  (MACR)

Flying Officer (Navigator) John Robert Armstrong, 25 år, var søn af Robert og Mabel Augusta Armstrong, Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.
Han blev begravet på BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY 8.D.7 i Tyskland.

1 flyver fra HAL JB842 blev begravet på Svinø og 4 i Berlin. 2 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 7 flyvere.

On 30 March 1943 HAL JB842 crashed into the Fehmarn Belt (maybe about here).

"329 planes attacked Berlin and due to difficult weather conditions and bad marking of the target the attack failed. 21 planes were lost. During the bombing run
on Berlin JB842 was attacked by a German night fighter, and near the coast of North Germany the plane exploded in the air killing all on board." (FT 86-88-8)

"Mission: Dropping of leaflets and bombing. Target: Berlin." (MACR)

Flying Officer (Navigator) John Robert Armstrong, 25, was the son of Robert and Mabel Augusta Armstrong, of Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.
He was buried in BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY 8.D.7 in GERMANY.

1 airman from HAL JB842 was buried at Svinø and 4 in Berlin. 2 airmen have no known grave.
See Bomber Command No. 77 Squadron * 77 Squadron Association * RAF - Handley Page Halifax. This Halifax took off from RAF Elvington. 7 airmen.