Eric Havenhand               Updated: 23 OCT 2019   Photo: AS 02 OCT 2019

Airman: a019036.htm Surname: Havenhand Init: E Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 999

P_link: p206.htm Plane: BFI T4729 Operation: Other Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d080843 Buried_d: b141043 C_link: c019.htm At_Next: Frederikshavn, gr. 45

Den 8. august 1943 forsvandt BFI T4729 over Nordsøen under en træningsflyvning.

Liget af Sgt Eric Havenhand blev fundet ved Skagen.
Han blev begravet den 14. oktober 1943 i Frederikshavn.

Sergeant (Pilot) Eric Havenhand, 28 år, var søn af Mrs. H. Havenhand, Bentley, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)

Liget af Sgt (Navigator) Sidney Albert Bertie blev aldrig fundet.
2 flyvere.

On 8 August 1943 BFI T4729 disappeared over the North Sea on a flight to get Operational Flight Experience.

The body of Sgt Eric Havenhand was found near Skagen.
On 14 October 1943 he was buried in Frederikshavn.

Sergeant (Pilot) Eric Havenhand, 28, was the son of Mrs. H. Havenhand, of Bentley, Yorkshire,
United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
Full inscription: A smiling face a heart of gold no one dearer this world could hold

The body of Sgt (Navigator) Sidney Albert Bertie was never found.

999 Squadron? Here RAF 2 OTU Coastal Command (Operational Training Unit)!
2 airmen.