Den 17. august 1944 styrtede
HAL MZ863 i havet
måske omkring
her under
en minelægningsoperation ved
Kiel. Alle ombord omkom.
(Forget-me-not, se Minelægningsområder - kilde
p342MACR.)J. C. Sprott og G. Scott blev
fundet ved Kegnæs (som er
her)
den 25. august 1944 af en grænsegendarm. De blev begravet i Aabenraa den 29.
august 1944.
M. H. Fleming blev fundet den 26. august 1944. Han blev begravet den 27.
august 1944 i Aaabenraa uden ceremoniel af nogen art.
Den 21. august 1944 blev liget af J. A. Tolmie indbjerget til Bagenkop
Havn. Begravelsen i Bagenkop blev foretaget af en tysk feltpræst den 23.
august 1943.
T. L. Baker er begravet i Kiel. R. I. Atkinson og J. C. Valk
forsvandt i havet. (Kilde: FAF)
Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) John Chester Valk,
25 år, var søn af John og Elizabeth Valk; gift med Molly Georgina Valk,
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Hans navn er
på Panel 244 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere,
der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
Se
Halifax Print og
folk bag en Halifax klar til en
mission
*
Maleri af Halifax III MZ924 KN-D.
3 flyvere fra
HAL MZ863 er begravet i Aabenraa, 1 i Bagenkop og 1 i
Kiel. 2 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.
7 flyvere.
 On 17 august 1944
HAL MZ863 crashed into the sea maybe about
here on a
minelaying operation at
Kiel. All on board perished.
(Forget-me-not, see Minelaying areas -
source p342MACR.)
On 25 August 1944 J. C. Sprott and G. Scott were
found at Kegnæs (which is
here) by a
border gendarme. They were buried in Aabenraa on 29 August 1944.
M. H. Fleming was found on 26 August 1944. On 27 August 1944 he was buried in
Aabenraa without any kind of ceremony.
On 21 August 1944 the body of J. A. Tolmie was taken to Bagenkop Harbour. On 23
August 1943 a German Army Chaplain officiated at the graveside ceremony in
Bagenkop. T. L. Baker is buried in Kiel. R. I. Atkinson and J. C. Valk
disappeared into the sea. (Source: FAF)
Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) John Chester Valk,
25, was the son of John and Elizabeth Valk, and the husband of Molly Georgina
Valk, of Victoria, British Columbia,
Canada.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 244, 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 257.
3 airmen from
HAL MZ863 are buried in Aabenraa, 1 in Bagenkop and 1 in
Kiel in Germany. 2 airmen have no known grave.
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 MZ863 BM-I
took off from RAF
Skipton-on-Swale at 21.15 hrs on 16 AUG 1944. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered
has
this.) p342MACR
7 airmen.
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