Alfred W. J. Drennan                                                                               Updated: 09 MAR 2021

Airman: e777055.htm Surname: Drennan Init: AWJ Rank: Sgt Service: RCAF Sqdn: 433

P_link: p340.htm Plane: HAL MZ899 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: SW of Langeland

Crash_d: d170844 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

I forbindelse med en mineudlægningsoperation ved Kiel styrtede HAL MZ899 i Østersøen sydvest for Langeland den 17. august 1944, måske her.

Hele besætningen omkom. 2 er begravet i Magleby på Langeland, 1 på Bogø, 1 i Aabenraa, 1 i Tyskland og 2 har ingen kendt grav. (Kilde: FAF)

Pilot Officer Alfred Wallace Jack Drennan, 23 år, canadier, var søn af Alfred og Edith Drennan.

Hans navn er på Panel 250 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

Denne Halifax forlod RAF Skipton On Swale kl. 2134 den 16 AUG 1944 for at lægge miner i Forget-Me-Not, Kiel Harbour. (Kilde: MACR) Se Minelægningsområder.

Se Print af en Halifax * Maleri af Halifax III MZ924 KN-D.

7 flyvere.

In connection with a minelaying operation at Kiel HAL MZ899 crashed into the Baltic Sea south west of Langeland on 17 August, 1944, maybe here.
This Halifax took off on 16 AUG 1944 to lay mines in Forget-Me-Not, Kiel Harbour. (Source: p340MACR) See Minelaying areas.

All of the crew perished. 2 airmen are buried in Magleby on Langeland, 1 on Bogø, 1 in Aabenraa, 1 in Germany and 2 have no known graves. (Source: FAF)

Pilot Officer Alfred Wallace Jack Drennan, 23, Canadian, was the son of Alfred and Edith Drennan.
His name is engraved on the Memorial Wall at the BC Museum of Canada. The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has this.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 250, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 157.

No. 433 (Porcupine) Squadron was formed within No. 6 Group, see No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons
Halifax *  Halifax-BC Museum.Canada * Halifax-RAF Museum * Halifax-The Yorkshire Air Museum * Halifax Print and Halifax - Bless 'Em All.

Halifax III MZ899 BM-D took off from RAF Skipton-on-Swale at 21.34 hrs on 16 AUG 1944. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) p340MACR
See Painting of Halifax III MZ924 KN-D  7 airmen.