Mervyn Albert Roberts                                                                              Updated:  08 JAN 2012

Airman: v996087.htm Surname: Roberts Init: M A Rank: Wt/O Service: RNZAF Sqdn: 644

P_link: p430.htm Plane: HAL NA672 Operation: Drop in DK Crash_site: Ringkøbing Fjord

Crash_d: d270445 Buried_d: v996 C_link: v996.htm At_Next: EVD in DK

HAL NA672 landede i vandet i Ringkøbing Fjord omkring her den 27. april 1945 efter at have nedkastet våben på Lolland omkring her.
Flyet ramte vandet kl. 01:15, da det kom for langt ned i forsøg på at undgå flak.

R. L. MacDougall og W. T. Roberts blev taget til fange af Værnemagten. H. J. Christian, R. E. Hay, M. A. Roberts og J. Southworth
holdt sig på fri fod til Danmarks befrielse, der blev meddelt i BBC nyhederne i radioen den 4. maj 1945 kl. 20:35. AOD har detaljer.

Se Google Map Rebild med 15 fly mistet med tab af 69 liv + 3 fly mistet uden tab af liv.
6 flyvere.

HAL NA672 landed in the water in the Ringkøbing Fjord about here on 27 April 1945 after having dropped weapons in Lolland about here.
The plane hit the water at 01:15, when it dived to avoid flak.

R. L. MacDougall and W. T. Roberts were captured by the Wehrmacht.
H. J. Christian, R. E. Hay, M. A. Roberts and J. Southworth remained uncaptured till the liberation of Denmark which was announced in

the BBC radio news on 4 May 1945 at 20:35. AOD has details.


See  644 Squadron of Historic Squadrons of the RAF644 Squadron in  WW2 RAF 38 Group, History and 644 Squadron in Unit Histories.
RAF - Handley Page Halifax.  This Halifax took off from RAF Tarrant-Rushton. See Google Map Rebild with 15 + 3 planes lost.

6 airmen.