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   WHI Z6834 
gik tabt over Nordsøen den 29. januar 1943.  
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver: 
"Ved middagstid lettede flyet fra Acklington på en navigations / 
træningsflyvning over Nordsøen. Kl. 14.05 meddelte piloten, Sgt D.V. Corrigan, 
over radioen,  
at han vendte tilbage til Acklington på grund af motorvanskeligheder. 
Umiddelbart efter meddelte han kort, at de var nødsaget til at nødlande på 
havet.  
 
Liget af andenpiloten, W/O J. A. Cook, drev i land ved Lønstrup (omkring
her), og han 
blev begravet på Frederikshavns kirkegård den 21. april 1943.  
Der er ikke fundet spor af flyet eller de øvrige 5 besætningsmedlemmer." (FT 
89-70-26)   
Sergeant Dennis Victor Corrigan, 21 år, 
var søn af  William og Elsie May Corrigan, Chadwell Heath, Essex, United 
Kingdom. 
Hans navn er på Panel 146 på the Runnymede Memorial 
blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en 
kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)  
6 flyvere.   
  
WHI Z6834 was lost over the North Sea on 29 January 1943.
 
 
(Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes: 
 
"The plane took off from  
Acklington
to the North Sea at noon on a flight to gain 
Operational Flight Experience. At 14.05 hours Pilot, Sgt D. V. Corrigan stated
 
over the radio that he was returning to Acklington due to engine trouble. 
 
Immediately afterwards he announced briefly that they were forced to ditch in 
the sea. 
The body of Co-Pilot, Wt/O J. A. Cook drifted 
ashore near Lønstrup (about
here). He 
was buried in Frederikshavn on 21 April 1943.  
No trace of the plane or the 5 other crew members has ever been found." (FT 
89-70-26)   
Sergeant Dennis Victor Corrigan, 21, was 
the son of William and Elsie May Corrigan, of Chadwell Heath, Essex, United 
Kingdom. 
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 
146, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. 
(Source: CWGC) 
999 Squadron? Here RAF 3 OTU 
Coastal Command (Operational Training Unit)!  6 airmen. 
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