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)
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Sergeant Ralph Ian Atkinson, 19 år, var søn af Albert William Atkinson og Marguerite Atkinson, Hendon, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 224 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

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)

Sergeant Ralph Ian Atkinson, 19, was the son of Albert William Atkinson and Marguerite Atkinson, of Hendon, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 224, 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 125.

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
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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.