Charles J. Shalfoon                                                                               Updated: 10 MAY 2021

Airman: e777364.htm Surname: Shalfoon Init: C J Rank: Sgt Service: RNZAF Sqdn: 75

P_link: p121.htm Plane: WEL BK341 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Ho Bugt (Bay)

Crash_d: d111042 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 11. oktober 1942 styrtede WEL BK341 i havet mellem Skallingen og Langli (omkring her) i forbindelse med en minelægningsoperation over Kattegat.
(Kilde: Kortet Flystyrt ved Esbjerg af Torben Thorsen og Morten S. Jensen) + p121MACR


Alle om bord omkom. 3 af de omkomne besætningsmedlemmer blev fundet. De blev begravet i Esbjerg den 16. oktober 1942.

Piloten og endnu en flyver forsvandt i havet. (Kilde: FAF)
Se Minelægningsområder.

Sergeant Charles John Shalfoon, 22 år, var søn af Anthony og Amine Shalfoon, Opotiki, Auckland, New Zealand.
Hans navn er på Panel 118 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

5 flyvere.

On 11 October 1942 WEL BK341 crashed into the sea between Skallingen and Langli (about here) in connection with a minelaying operation over the Kattegat.
(Source: The map Air Crashes at Esbjerg by Torben Thorsen and Morten S. Jensen) + p121MACR


All on board perished. 3 of the perished crew members were found. They were buried in Esbjerg on 16 October 1942.

The pilot and another airman disappeared into the sea. (Source: FAF)
See Minelaying areas.

Sergeant Charles John Shalfoon, 22, was the son of Anthony and Amine Shalfoon, of Opotiki, Auckland, New Zealand.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 118, 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 239.

See Minelaying areas. See No. 75 Squadron RNZAF - Wikipedia and 75 Squadron Association NZ + UK.   75(nz)squadron has more.  Google Map planesRNZAF

Wellington III AA- took off from RAF Mildenhall. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)
5 airmen.