Donald Durham                                                                                        Updated:  17 MAR 2013

Airman: e777559.htm Surname: Durham Init: D Rank: Sgt Service: RNZAF Sqdn: 466

P_link: p136.htm Plane: WEL HE471 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d300143 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Kl. 11.14 den 30. januar 1943 lettede WEL HE471 fra RAF Leconfield på et bombetogt mod Emden (her).
Flyet gik i havet, antageligt i Nordsøen. Der var ingen overlevende. (Kilde: MACR)

J. H. A. Beath drev ind ved Mandø (som er her) den 25. februar 1943. Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 4. marts 1943. (Kilde: FAF)

Sergeant Donald Durham, 26 år, var søn af John William og Ruby Jane Durham, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand.
Hans navn er på Panel 199 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

Han var Navigator på WEL HE471. (Kilde: MACR)

1 flyver fra WEL HE471 blev begravet i Esbjerg. 4 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.
5 flyvere.

At 11.14 hrs. on 30 January 1943 WEL HE471 took off from RAF Leconfield on a bombing raid targeting Emden (here).
The plane was lost at sea, North Sea presumed. There were no survivors. (Source: MACR)

J. H. A. Beath was washed ashore near Mandø (which is here) on 25 February 1943. He was buried in Esbjerg on 4 March 1943. (Source: FAF)

Sergeant Donald Durham, 26, was the son of John William and Ruby Jane Durham, of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 199, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
He was the Navigator of WEL HE471. (Source: MACR)

1 airman from WEL HE471 was buried in Esbjerg. 4 airmen have no known grave.

See Bomber Command No. 466 Squadron RAAF and 466 Sqn RAAF - Wikipedia. Australian War Memorial has this. This Wellington took off from RAF Leconfield.
5 airmen.