Beaufighter TFX NV414 - The North Sea off Peterhead                 Updated: 12 JAN 2012

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a034001.htm Brock H J F/O RAAF 455 p399.htm BFI NV414 Anti ship Sea off Peterhead d270245 b060745 c034.htm Hune
r998111.htm Hirst W A F/Sgt RAAF 455 p399.htm BFI NV414 Anti ship Sea off Peterhead d270245 r998 r998.htm RETURNED


Den 27. februar 1945 styrtede BFI NV414 i Nordsøen ud for Peterhead omkring her. Det var blevet ramt af flak under angreb på tyske skibe i
Nordsøen og prøvede at nå tilbage til Scotland. De to besætningsmedlemmer sprang ud med faldskærm ved Peterhead, Scotlands østligste punkt.

F/O Brock drev ud over havet, hvor han druknede. Den 4. juli 1945 blev hans lig fundet skyllet ind ved Rødhus Strand, omkring her.
Han blev begravet af pastor F. Busch i Hune den 6. juli 1945.

F/Sgt Hirst landede uskadt med faldskærm på Scotland Drome, Peterhead. (Kilde: FAF)

2 flyvere.


On 27 February 1945 BFI NV414 crashed into the North Sea off Peterhead about here. It had been hit by flak during attack on German ships
in the North Sea and tried to get back to Scotland. The 2 crew members bailed out at Peterhead, the easternmost point of Scotland.

F/O Brock drifted out over the sea where he drowned. On 4 July 1945 his body was found washed ashore on Rødhus Strand, about here.
On 6 July 1945 Vicar F. Busch officiated at the graveside ceremony in Hune.

F/Sgt Hirst was unhurt and landed in his parachute on Scotland Drome, Peterhead. (Source: FAF)

This Beaufighter from No. 455 Squadron RAAF, Coastal Command took off from RAF Dallachy.

See the RAF Dallachy Strike Wing Memorial and Bomber Command No. 455 Squadron RAAF.

 2 airmen.