Charles Thomas Rielly  Photo: Mogens Jeppesen    Updated: 10 MAR 2021
                                                                         
Airman: a113148.htm Surname: Reilly Init: C T Rank: P/O Service: RCAF Sqdn: 424

P_link: p386.htm Plane: HAL LV998 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Flensborg Fjord

Crash_d: d120145 Buried_d: b200145 C_link: c113.htm At_Next: Aabenraa, R 5-2

Den 12. januar 1945 styrtede HAL LV998 i Flensborg Fjord ved Flensborg omkring her
(Kilde: Svend Gram, se Øjenvidneberetning) under en minelægningsoperation.
Se Minelægningsområder - WALLFLOWER.  6 flyvere omkom og 1 flyver blev krigsfange.

Pilot Officer (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Charles Thomas Rielly, 23 år, var søn af
Charles T. og Mary E. Rielly, Montreal, Provinsen Quebec, Canada. (Kilde: CWGC)

3 flyvere fra HAL LV998 blev begravet i Aabenraa, 2 i Tyskland, 1 har ingen kendt grav og
1 mand blev krigsfange og ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Se Halifax Print og folk bag en Halifax klar til en mission.7 flyvere.

On 12 January 1945 HAL LV998 crashed into the Flensborg Fjord near Flensburg about here. (Source: Svend Gram) on a minelaying operation. See Minelaying areas - WALLFLOWER.  
6 airmen perished and 1 airman became a prisoner of war.

Pilot Officer (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Charles Thomas Rielly, 23, was the son of
Charles T. and Mary E. Rielly, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. (Source: CWGC)
Without farewell you fell asleep leaving just memories for us to keep.  R. I. P.
His name is engraved on the Memorial Wall at the BC Museum of Canada.
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has this. He is remembered on The Walls of Names at
the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 232.

3 airmen from HAL LV998 were buried in Aabenraa, 2 in Germany, 1 has no known grave and
1 was captured and taken to German POW-Camps.

See No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons * No. 424 (Tiger) Squadron * 424 Squadron RCAF Association
 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron  * Halifax *  Halifax-BC Museum.Canada * Halifax-RAF Museum  *
Halifax-The Yorkshire Air Museum * Halifax Print and Halifax - Bless 'Em All.
This Halifax took off from RAF Skipton on Swale.  7 airmen.