Den 24. august 1943 blev HAL DK261 under returflyvning fra Berlin skudt ned af en tysk natjager ved Mandø. Flyet styrtede ned vest for øen, måske omkring her.

2 omkomne besætningsmedlemmer fra dette fly, F. V. Messenger og M. W. Stevenson, blev begravet i Esbjerg den 2. september 1943.
C. W. Snyder har ingen kendt grav.
R. C. Brooks, J. Plenderleith og R. S. Welters blev taget til fange.
Det lykkedes piloten, S/Ldr Roy McLernon via Esbjerg og Århus at nå Sverige den 16. september 1943. (Kilder: FAF og AOD) 
Se McLernon - fra Mandø til friheden.

7 flyvere.

On 24 August 1943 HAL DK261 on the return flight from Berlin HAL DK261 was shot down by a German night fighter at Mandø. The plane crashed west of the
island of Mandø, maybe about here.

2 perished crew members, F. V. Messenger and M. W. Stevenson, were buried in Esbjerg on 2 September 1943.
C. W. Snyder has no known grave.
R. C. Brooks, J. Plenderleith and R. S. Welters were captured.
On 16 September 1943 S/Ldr Pilot Roy McLernon managed to get to Sweden via Esbjerg and Århus. (Sources: FAF and AOD)
See McLernon - from Mandø to freedom.

See Bomber Command No. 434 (Bluenose) Squadron RCAF and No. 434 Squadron RCAF in Wikipedia. RAF - Handley Page Halifax.
434 Squadron of the Canadian Wings. Also RCAF 434 Squadron 1943-1945 and The Wartime Memories Project - No. 434 Squadron.

This Halifax took off from RAF Tholthorpe. Lost Bombers has this. 7 airmen.