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 Den 29. april 1943 styrtede
HAL JB923 i Skagerrak (omkring
her) nord for Hirtshals. Flyvehistorisk
Tidsskrift skriver:
28. -29. april 1943 (kl. 01.29).
Tannis Bugt nord for Hirtshals.
Halifax B.II, JB923 (VR-Q).
419 BS, 6 BG, Middleton St. George, Co. Durham.
(Minering: »Silverthorn«
i Kattegat) 7 MIA.
(Se
Minelægningsområder)
Natten mellem
den 28. og 29. april 1943
foretog RAF krigens hidtil største minering. 226 fly
kastede 593 miner i de danske farvande og i Østersøen.
19 Halifaxes fra
6 BG minerede i den nordlige del af Kattegat. Piloten på JB923,
W/O II G.K.A. Smallwood, var på sit 7. togt, og kl. 01.29 blev han skudt ned af
en tysk natjager nord
for Hirtshals.
Tyskerne havde forventet en engelsk kurermaskine og derfor omtales episoden som
følgende: »01.29 Uhr Quadr. 9819 nordl. Hjorring in See, Lancaster (Kurier-Maschine),
Besatzung vermutlich ertrunken«. Tyskerne tog fejl, der var ikke tale om en
kurermaskine eller en Lancaster, men hele besætningen formodes druknet." (FT
89-70-27)
Af de 207 fly gik 15 fly tabt over dansk område, se
Google Map p169+MINELAYING.
Kun 4 flyvere fra de 23 fly overlevede! Se
Halifax Print *
Halifax Mk III på YAM 2019 *
folk bag en Halifax klar til en mission.
7 flyvere.
 On 29 April 1943
HAL JB923 crashed into the Skagerrak (about
here) north of Hirtshals. (Danish)
Aviation Historical Review writes:
"28 - 29 April 1943 (01.29 hours).
Tannis Bay north of Hirtshals.
Halifax B.II, JB923 (VR-Q).
419 BS, 6 BG, Middleton St. George, Co. Durham.
(Minelaying: »Silverthorn«
in the Kattegat) 7 MIA.
(See
Minelaying areas)
In the night between 28 and 29
April 1943 the RAF carried out the greatest minelaying operation in the war so
far. 226 planes dropped 593 mines in the Danish waters
and in the Baltic Sea. 19 Halifaxes from 6 BG laid mines in the northern part of
the Kattegat. Pilot of JB923, W/O II G.K.A. Smallwood
was on his 7th operation, and
at 01.29 hours he was shot down by a German night fighter north of Hirtshals.
The Germans had expected a British courier aircraft, so they wrote about the
engage-
ment
in this way: »01.29 Uhr Quadr. 9819 nordl. Hjorring in See, Lancaster (Kurier-Maschine),
Besatzung vermutlich ertrunken«. (Translation: "01.29 hours Square
9819 in
the sea north of Hjørring, Lancaster (courier aircraft) the crew presumably
drowned.") The Germans were wrong. It was neither a courier aircraft nor a
Lancaster, but all
of the crew presumably drowned." (FT 89-70-27)
15 of
the 207 bombers were lost over Danish territory, see
Google Map p169+MINELAYING. Only 4 airmen from the 23 lost planes survived!
See
No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons *
No. 419 (Moose) Squadron *
419 Squadron RCAF 1941 to 1945
has Crew of
Halifax JB923.
Halifax-Wikipedia*Halifax Print*Halifax-BC
Museum.Canada *
Halifax-RAF Museum *
Halifax-The Yorkshire Air
Museum * Halifax Mk III
at YAM 2019*LAN-HAL.
Halifax II JB923 VR-Q took off from
RAF
Middleton St. George at
20.42 hrs on 28 APR 1943. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.)
7 airmen.
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