Den 14. september 1943 styrtede HAL HR666 i Storebælt mellem Halsskov Rev og Sprogø, måske omkring her.
Det var på en nedkastningsoperation til Polen sammen med en del andre polske og britiske fly. (Kilde: FAF og p220MACR)

Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"Under overflyvning af Storebælt blev flyet skudt ned af tysk flak på Halsskov Rev." (FT 88-34-16) Se Halifax Print og folk bag en Halifax klar til en mission.

Flying Officer (Navigator) Dennis Barton Ireland, 33 år, var søn af Henry Ezekiel og Beatrice Ina Ireland, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Han er begravet på Kristiansand Civil Cemetery i NORGE, VIA. D. 4. (Kilde: CWGC)

2 flyvere fra HAL HR666 blev begravet i Korsør, 1 i Frederikshavn og 1 i Norge. 1 har ingen kendt grav. 2 flyvere blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre. 7 flyvere.

On 14 September 1943 at 22.30 hours HAL HR666 crashed into the Storebælt between Halskov Reef and Sprogø, maybe about here.
It was on an SOE-mission to Poland. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:

"Overflying the Storebælt this plane was shot down by German flak on Halskov Reef." (FT 88-34-16)

Flying Officer (Navigator) Dennis Barton Ireland, 33, was the son of Henry Ezekiel and Beatrice Ina Ireland, of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
He is buried in Kristiansand Civil Cemetery in NORWAY, VIA. D. 4. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 187.

2 airmen from HAL HR666 were buried in Korsør, 1 in Frederikshavn and 1 in Norway. 1 has no known grave. 2 airmen were taken to German POW-Camps.

See No. 138 Squadron RAF * Roll of Honour, Tempsford * Tempsford Special Duties Squadrons * Halifax Print * Halifax - Bless 'Em All * p220MACR.
Halifax II HR666 NF-E took off from RAF Tempsford at 1753 hrs on 14 SEP 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)  7 airmen.