John Chester Valk Updated: 09 MAR 2021
Airman: e777308.htm Surname: Valk Init: J C Rank: F/Lt Service: RCAF Sqdn: 433
P_link: p342.htm Plane: HAL MZ863 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Sea W of Langeland
Crash_d: d170844 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN
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. Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) John Chester Valk,
25 år, var søn af John og Elizabeth Valk; gift med Molly Georgina Valk,
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
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On 17 august 1944
HAL MZ863 crashed into the sea maybe about
here on a
minelaying operation at
Kiel. All on board perished.
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. 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, 3 airmen from
HAL MZ863 are buried in Aabenraa, 1 in Bagenkop and 1 in
Kiel in Germany. 2 airmen have no known grave. |