Den 5. maj 1945 var 4 tyske U-både på vej
mod Norge, hvor krigen endnu ikke var slut. Britiske fly ville standse denne
trafik. De cirklede rundt om U-bådene og
en U-båd åbnede ild kl. 19.30. B24 KK299 kastede en bombe tæt på U-534 som
fortalt i
den lange version.
U-båden skød tilbage og
B24 KK299 styrtede i havet
nordøst for Anholt 3 sømil fra U-båden.
U-534
sank omkring
her.
De 11 flyvere omkom
og 9 af dem blev aldrig fundet. (Kilde: FT 91-11-58)
Flying Officer Vincent Daniel Sweeney, 23 år, var søn af Peter David og
Julia Sweeney, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. B.A. (Saskatchewan).
Hans navn er
på Panel 280 på the
Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere,
der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
11 flyvere.
On 5 May 1945 4 German U-boats were
heading for Norway, where the war was not over yet. British planes wanted to stop
this traffic. They circled around the
U-boats and a U-boat opened fire at 19.30
hours.
B24 KK299 dropped a bomb close to U-534 as told in
the long version.
The U-boat returned the fire and
B24 KK299 crashed into the sea north east of Anholt 3 nautical miles from
the U-boat.
U-534
sank about
here.
The 11 airmen perished and 9 of them were never found.
(Source: FT 91-11-58)
Flying Officer Vincent Daniel Sweeney, 23, was the son of Peter David and
Julia Sweeney, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. B.A. (Saskatchewan).
He is commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 280, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has
this.
This
B-24 Liberator took
off from RAF Leuchars.
See 547 Squadron *
Coastal Command * No. 541 - 598
Squadron Histories and the badge of 547 Squadron.
11 airmen.
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