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Flight
Sergeant Ronald Charles Bidwell var søn af Charles Ernest og Gladys
Violet Bidwell, Dartford, Kent, United Kingdom; gift med R. Bidwell.
Hans navn er på Panel 215 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC)
Den 29. november 1944 forsvandt
HAL JP333 - muligvis blev det skudt ned over Skagerrak
omkring
her kl. 21.10. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"29. november 1944 (kl 21.10). Skagerrak, NV for
Hirtshals. Halifax GR. II, JP333 (BY-O).
58 Squadron, 18 Group, Coastal Command, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. (Anti shipping
patrol i Skagerrak/ Kattegat). 8 MIA.
Kl. 14.45 lettede JP333 fra Hebriderne, og kl. 19.25
meddelte piloten, F/Lt Dudley Ronald McLeod, over radioen, at han havde
observeret et 4000 tons motorskib SØ
for Anholt. Kl.
20.20 meldte han, at skibet muligvis var ramt af to stk. 500 punds bomber.
Derefter hørte man ikke mere til JP333. En tysk Ju88
fra I/ NJG3 opererede
via radarstationen »Schakal« ved Skagen, og en Halifax fra
502 Squadron blev angrebet af en tysk natjager NW for Hirtshals.
Kl. 21.10 styrtede
et brændende fly ned i nordvestlig retning fra Hirtshals, og det er muligt, at
dette fly var JP333." (FT 89-73-39)
Flight Sergeant Ronald Charles Bidwell
was the son of Charles Ernest and Gladys Violet Bidwell, of Dartford, Kent,
United Kingdom, and the husband of
R. Bidwell.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 215, among more than 20,000
airmen, who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
On 29 November 1944
HAL JP333 disappeared - possibly shot down over the
Skagerrak about
here
at 21.10 hours. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"29 November 1944 (21.10 hours). The Skagerrak, NW
of
Hirtshals. Halifax GR. II, JP333 (BY-O).
58 Squadron, 18 Group, Coastal Command, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. (Anti shipping
patrol in the Skagerrak / the Kattegat). 8 MIA.
At 14.45 hours JP333 took off from the Hebrides,
and at 19.25 hours Pilot, F/Lt Dudley Ronald McLeod reported over the
radio that he had observed a 4,000 tons
motor ship SE of Anholt. At 20.20 hours
he reported that the ship had possibly been hit by two 500 lbs bombs. After that
no more was heard from JP333. A German
Ju88 from I/NJG3 operated via the radar
station "Schakal" at Skagen, and a Halifax from 502 Squadron was attacked by a
German night fighter NW of Hirtshals.
At 21.10 hours a plane crashed, burning,
in a direction north west of Hirtshals, and that plane might be JP333". (FT
89-73-39)
See
Anatomy of a Halifax
and RAF Coastal
Command. This
Halifax from No. 18
Group RAF started from
RAF Stornoway. Robin Hudson of RAFA Stornoway
sent
details of airmen from HAL JP333 * HAL JP302
* HAL JP173 * HAL PN402 * HAL JP299.
Also HAL HX224 and HAL JP336 took
off from
RAF Stornoway.
See the present 58 Squadron with
58 Squadron History. Also
58 Squadron
(History Page, WW II).
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