John Bestwick                                                                                        Updated:  08 NOV 2011

Airman: e444029.htm Surname: Bestwick Init: J Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 61

P_link: p030.htm Plane: HAM AD727 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Kiel Bay off Buelk

Crash_d: d110641 Buried_d: e444 C_link: e444.htm At_Next: GERMANY

Den 11. juni 1941 blev HAM AD727 skudt ned af tysk marineflak (omkring her) nær Buelk ved Kiel under en minelægningsoperation.
Se Minelægningsområder. Dette fly var det eneste af de 20 Hampdens fra RAF, der gik tabt.

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) John Bestwick blev begravet i Tyskland.

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) John Bestwick, 21år, var søn af James og Frances Jane Bestwick, West Bridgford, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Han er begravet på Kiel War Cemetery i Tyskland. (Kilde: CWGC)

1 flyver fra HAM AD727 blev begravet i Kappel, Danmark, 1 i Kiel, Tyskland og 2 har ingen kendt grav. 4 flyvere.

On 11 June 1941 HAM AD727  was shot down by German flak (about here) near Buelk at Kiel on a minelaying operation. See Minelaying areas.
This plane was the only one of the 20 Hampdens from the RAF, which was lost.

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) John Bestwick was buried in Germany.

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) John Bestwick, 21, was the son of James and Frances Jane Bestwick of West Bridgford, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
He is buried in Kiel War Cemetery in Germany. (Source: CWGC)

1 airman from HAM AD727 was buried in Kappel, Denmark, 1 in Kiel, Germany, and 2 have no known graves.
This Hampden belonged to No. 61 Squadron RAF. See Bomber Command No. 61 Squadron and 61 Squadron at RAF-Lincolnshire-info.
It took off from RAF Hemswell. See the RAF Hemswell Association and The Wartime Memories Project - RAF Hemswell. 4 airmen.