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Sergeant Reginald Frank Batho, 24 år, var
søn af Frank og Laura Batho, Coventry, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 11 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC)
Den 7. august 1940 styrtede HAM P4377 i Kattegat, omkring
her. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"6.-7. august 1940 (kl 01.15). Kattegat, mellem Skagen og Frederikshavn. Hampden,
Mk. 1, P4377 (EA- ).
49 BS, 5 BG, Scampton, Lincs. (Minering: »Undergrowth«
(her)
ved Frederikshavn). 4 MIA.
(Se
Minelægningsområder)
12 Hampdens minerede ved Frederiksstad (her)
i Norge og Frederikshavn. Kl. 21.00 lettede P4377,
og derefter hørte man intet fra flyet. De tyske
flakbatterier ved
Skagen og Frederikshavn beskød allierede fly i tidsrummet 01.00-01.30. Kl.
01.15 styrtede et brændende fly i Kattegat mellem Skagen og Frederikshavn.
Da P4377 var nattens eneste tab, må det derfor være Sgt R. J. Jennings (DFM)
og hans tre besætningsmedlemmer, der således forsvandt." (FT 89-34-6)
Sergeant Reginald Frank Batho, 24, was the
son of Frank and Laura Batho, of Coventry, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 11, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
On 7 August 1940
HAM P4377 crashed into the Kattegat, about
here. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review
writes:
"6 - 7 August 1940 (01.15 hours). The Kattegat, between Skagen and
Frederikshavn. Hampden, Mk. 1, P4377 (EA- ).
49 BS, 5 BG, Scampton, Lincs. (Minelaying: »Undergrowth«
(here)
at Frederikshavn). 4 MIA.
(See
Minelaying areas)
12 Hampdens laid mines at Frederiksstad (here)
in Norway and Frederikshavn. P4377 took off at 21.00
hours and after that nothing was heard from the plane.
The German flak batteries at Skagen and Frederikshavn fired at allied planes in
the time span 01.00-01.30 hours. At 01.15 hours a plane crashed, burning,
into the Kattegat between Skagen and Frederikshavn. As P4377 was the only loss
that night, it must have been Sgt R. J. Jennings (DFM) and his 3 crew
members who then disappeared." (FT 89-34-6)
See
Bomber
Command No. 49 Squadron *
49 Squadron Association *
RAF-Lincolnshire - 49
Sqn
This Hampden
took off from RAF Scampton.
Lost Bombers has
this.
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