Den 14. september 1943 styrtede
HAL HR666 i Storebælt mellem Halsskov Rev og Sprogø,
måske omkring
her.
Det var på en nedkastningsoperation til Polen sammen med en del andre polske og
britiske fly. (Kilde: FAF og p220MACR)
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"Under overflyvning
af Storebælt blev flyet skudt ned af
tysk flak på Halsskov
Rev." (FT 88-34-16)
Se
Halifax Print
og
folk bag en Halifax klar til en
mission.
Sergeant Jack Edward Irwin, 21 år, var søn
af Edward MacKenzie Irwin og Florence Elizabeth Irwin, Sketty, Swansea, United
Kingdom.
Hans navn er
på Panel 154 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere,
der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
2 flyvere fra
HAL HR666 blev begravet i Korsør, 1 i Frederikshavn og 1
i Norge. 1 har ingen kendt grav. 2 flyvere
blev
ført til
Tyske krigsfangelejre. 7 flyvere.
On 14 September 1943 at 22.30 hours
HAL HR666 crashed into the Storebælt between Halskov Reef
and Sprogø, maybe about
here.
It was on an
SOE-mission to Poland. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"Overflying the Storebælt this plane was shot down by German flak
on Halskov Reef."
(FT 88-34-16)
Sergeant Jack Edward Irwin, 21, was the
son of Edward MacKenzie Irwin and Florence Elizabeth Irwin, of Sketty, Swansea,
United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 154, 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 187.
2 airmen from
HAL HR666 were buried in Korsør, 1 in Frederikshavn and 1
in Norway. 1 has no known grave. 2 airmen were
taken to
German POW-Camps.
See No. 138
Squadron RAF *
Roll of Honour, Tempsford * Tempsford Special
Duties Squadrons *
Halifax Print *
Halifax - Bless 'Em All *
p220MACR.
Halifax II HR666 NF-E
took off from RAF
Tempsford at 1753 hrs on 14 SEP 1943. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered
has
this.) 7 airmen.
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