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Natten mellem den 14. og 15. februar 1945
bombede 717 RAF bombefly Chemnitz,
mens 30 Lancasters og 24 Halifaxes minerede i Kadetrenden
omkring
her.
Den
forholdsvis lille mineringsstyrke blev hurtigt opdaget af tysk radar, og
JU88´ere skød 5
Halifaxes og 1 Lancaster ned. Voldsom luftkamp over Falsterbo og flere nedskudte
bombefly blev observeret.
HAL MZ865 styrtede i havet
her NV for Falsterbo den 14. februar 1945 omkring kl. 21.00. I løbet af
foråret og sommeren 1945
blev 6 omkomne besætningsmedlemmer fundet. (Kilde: FT
88-42-40)
Se
Minelægningsområder ved Sweetpeas og
p395MACR.
Pilot Officer Robert John McCallum, 22 år,
var søn af Mr. og Mrs. Alan Wilfrid McCallum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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)
Hele besætningen på 7 mand omkom. 4 blev begravet i Sverige, 1 på Magleby
Kirkegaard på Langeland, 1 på Karlslunde Kirkegaard og 1 har ingen kendt grav.
 717 RAF bombers bombed
Chemnitz
on the night between 14 and 15 February 1945, while 30 Lancasters and 24
Halifaxes mined the Kadet Channel
about
here.
The
rather small formation for mining was quickly spotted by German radar and
JU88´s shot down 5
Halifaxes and 1 Lancaster. There was a heavy
aerial battle over Falsterbo and it
was observed that several bombers were shot down. HAL MZ865
ditched in the sea
here northwest of Falsterbo on 14 February 1945 about 21:00.
6 perished crew
members were found during the spring and the summer of 1945. (Source: FT
88-42-40) See
Minelaying areas at Sweetpeas and
p395MACR.
Pilot Officer Robert John McCallum, 22,
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Wilfrid McCallum, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 280, among more than 20.000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
His name is engraved on the Memorial Wall at the
BC Museum of Canada.
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has
this.
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 207.
All of the crew of 7 perished. 4 airmen were
buried in Sweden, 1 in Magleby, Langeland, 1 in Karlslunde and 1 has no known
grave.
See
No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons*No.
429 (Bison) Squadron)*429 sqn RCAF Research*429
Squadron RCAF Association*429
Transport Squadron
Halifax-Wikipedia*Halifax Print*Halifax-BC
Museum.Canada *
Halifax-RAF Museum *
Halifax-The Yorkshire Air
Museum * Halifax Mk III
at YAM 2019*LAN-HAL.
Halifax III MZ865
AL-V took off from
RAF Leeming at
18.03 hrs on 14 FEB 1945. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.)
See p395MACR. 7 airmen.
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