Halifax III NA344 - The North Sea                                                          Updated:  22 OCT 2009
 

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a100006.htm Bridge F F/Sgt RAF 298 p424r.htm HAL NA344 Drop in DK The North Sea d190445 b060645 c100.htm Sdr. Nissum
e777774.htm Healey R H F/Sgt RAF 298 p424r.htm HAL NA344 Drop in DK The North Sea d190445 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a108001.htm Mackrill R F Wt/O RAF 298 p424r.htm HAL NA344 Drop in DK The North Sea d190445 b050645 c108.htm Vang
e777777.htm Pannell A W Sgt RAF 298 p424r.htm HAL NA344 Drop in DK The North Sea d190445 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777775.htm Smedley D F/Sgt RAF 298 p424r.htm HAL NA344 Drop in DK The North Sea d190445 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777776.htm Wall W H F/Sgt RAF 298 p424r.htm HAL NA344 Drop in DK The North Sea d190445 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
 
Natten til den 19. april 1945 gik et fly med våben til modstandsbevægelsen tabt over Nordsøen. Det var udsendt til en modtageplads vest for Fjerritslev (her).
Alle ombord omkom. (Kilde: FAF)

4 flyvere fra HAL NA344 har ingen kendt grav. 1 er begravet i Sdr. Nissum og 1 i Vang.

69 omkomne flyvere fra dette og 14 andre fly mindes på Mindetavlen i Rebild. De mistede livet under nedkastningsoperationer til modstandsbevægelsen.
Af samme grund mindes de i London. Se 69 flyvere - St. Clement Danes.

Airwar over Denmark har mere om dette fly og dets besætning. 6 flyvere. Flere links i engelsk version.

On the night before 19 April 1945 a plane with weapons for the Danish resistance movement was lost over the North Sea. It was on a mission to a drop zone west of Fjerritslev (here). All on board perished. (Source: FAF)

4 airmen from HAL NA344 have no known grave. 1 is buried in Søndre Nissum and 1 in Vang.

69 perished airmen from this and 14 other planes are commemorated on the Memorial Tablet in Rebild. They lost their lives in supply operations to the Danish resistance. For the same reason they are commemorated in London. See 69 airmen - St. Clement Danes.

See Anatomy of a Halifax at RAF Bomber Command 60th Anniversary and 298 Squadron, 38 Group: History. This Halifax started from RAF Tarrant Rushton.

Airwar over Denmark has more about this plane and its crew. 6 airmen.