MOS RS609 tog del
i angrebet på Gestapos hovedkvarter i København den 21. marts 1945.
Se links om Shellhuset, også
RAF mindetavle.
Se Fotos og
Google Map Shell House Shellhuset.
Se
Mosquito fotos
og
Google Map 14 Mosquitoes DK
og
Mustang fotos.
Se også Kort over
angrebet på Shellhuset fra Derek Carter.
MOS RS609 blev på tilbageturen mod England ramt af flak
fra tyske stillinger ved Hundested (omkring
her) og styrtede i havet øst for Samsø. Begge flyvere blev meldt savnede.
Fenrik (Navigator) H.H. Becker blev begravet som
ukendt i 1945 i Tranebjerg, men han blev identificeret i
2000 som fortalt i Aftenposten.
F/O (Pilot) J. H. Palmer har ingen kendt grav.
Flying Officer John Herbert Palmer, 27 år,
var søn af Leonard Palmer og Marjorie Palmer, East St. Kilda, Victoria,
Australia.
Hans navn er på Panel 283 på the
Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC) 2
flyvere.
MOS RS609 took part in the attack on the Gestapo HQ in
Copenhagen on 21 March, 1945.
See links about the
Shell House, also RAF memorial
tablet.
See
Photos and
Google Map Shell House.
See
Mosquito Photos
and
Google Map 14 Mosquitoes DK
and Mustang
Photos.
See also Map of the air raid on the Shell House
from Derek Carter.
On the return flight to England
MOS RS609 was attacked by flak from German positions at Hundested (about
here) and crashed into the sea east of Samsø.
Both airmen were reported
missing.
Fenrik (Navigator) H.H. Becker was buried as
unknown in 1945 in Tranebjerg, but he was identified in
2000 as told in Aftenposten.
F/O (Pilot) J.H. Palmer has no known grave.
Flying Officer John Herbert Palmer, 27,
was the son of Leonard Palmer and Marjorie Palmer, of East St. Kilda, Victoria,
Australia.
He is commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 283, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
Virtual War Memorial
Australia has
this.
This
Mosquito from
No. 464 Squadron
RAF-Wikipedia
took off from RAF Fersfield. See
p413MACR.
2 airmen.
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