Hampden I AD727 - Kiel Bay off Buelk                                                 Updated:  08 NOV 2011

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e444029.htm Bestwick J Sgt RAF 61 p030.htm HAM AD727 Minelaying Kiel Bay off Buelk d110641 e444 e444.htm GERMANY
e777429.htm Breene P J F/Sgt RAF 61 p030.htm HAM AD727 Minelaying Kiel Bay off Buelk d110641 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777428.htm Caunter-Jackson F A P/O RAF 61 p030.htm HAM AD727 Minelaying Kiel Bay off Buelk d110641 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a042001.htm Pritchard PHH F/O RAF 61 p030.htm HAM AD727 Minelaying Kiel Bay off Buelk d110641 b150841 c042.htm Kappel

Den 11. juni 1941 blev HAM AD727 skudt ned af tysk marineflak (omkring her) nær Buelk ved Kiel under en minelægningsoperation.
Se Minelægningsområder. Dette fly var det eneste af de 20 Hampdens fra RAF, der gik tabt.
Flying Officer (Pilot) Peter Harold Howard Pritchard blev den 12. august 1941 fundet ilanddrevet ved Maglehøj Strand (omkring her).
Han blev begravet 15. august 1941 på Kappel Kirkegård under udfoldelse af al den honnør, som tyskerne på det tidspunkt endnu gav faldne
modstandere. Den tyske feltpræst Graef foretog begravelsen. Højtideligheden sluttede med at en tysk deling skød æressalut over
graven, hvor der senere blev anbragt et kors med inskriptionen "Hier ruht der englische Flieger Pritchard", se foto. (Kilder: FAF og FT-86-87-1)

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) John Bestwick blev begravet i Tyskland.
Pilot Officer Frederick Arthur Caunter-Jackson og Flight Sergeant Patrick Joseph Breene har ingen kendt grav.

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
This plane was the only one of the 20 Hampdens from the RAF, which was lost.

On 12 August 1941 the body of Flying Officer (Pilot) Peter Harold Howard Pritchard was found washed ashore on Maglehøj Strand (about here).
He was buried on 15 August 1941 with all the military honours, which the German still at that time showed their fallen adversaries.
The German chaplain Graef officiated at the graveside. At the end of the ceremony a German platoon fired a salute of honour over the grave.
Later the Germans placed a cross on the grave with the inscription "Hier ruht der englische Flieger Pritchard", see photo.
(Sources: FAF and FT-86-87-1)

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) John Bestwick was buried in Germany.
Pilot Officer Frederick Arthur Caunter-Jackson and Flight Sergeant Patrick Joseph Breene have no known graves.

1 airman from HAM AD727 was buried in Kappel, Denmark, 1 in Kiel, Germany, and 2 have no known graves.
This Hampden belonged to No. 61 Squadron RAF. See Bomber Command No. 61 Squadron and 61 Squadron at RAF-Lincolnshire-info.
It took off from RAF Hemswell. See the RAF Hemswell Association and The Wartime Memories Project - RAF Hemswell. 4 airmen.