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)
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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)
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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.
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