Den 30. marts 1943 styrtede
HAL JB842 i Fehmarn Belt (måske omkring
her).
"329 fly angreb Berlin og på grund af vanskelige vejrforhold og dårlig markering
af målet mislykkedes angrebet. 21 fly gik tabt. Under indflyvningen til Berlin
blev JB842 angrebet af en tysk natjager, og nær den nordtyske kyst eksploderede
flyet i luften, hvorved alle besætningsmedlemmer blev dræbt." (FT 86-88-8)
"Opgave: Nedkastning af brochurer og bomber. Mål:
Berlin."
(p145MACR)
Sergeant Edwin Stanley Bowen var søn af Charles og Janet Elizabeth Bowen,
Knockholt, Kent, United Kingdom. Ændrede dåbsattest for at komme i RAF, 17 år!
Hans navn er
på Panel 143 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere
end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav.
(Kilde: CWGC)
1 flyver fra
HAL JB842 blev begravet på Svinø og 4 i Berlin. 2 flyvere
har ingen kendt grav. 7 flyvere.
On 30 March 1943
HAL JB842 crashed into the Fehmarn Belt (maybe about
here).
"329 planes attacked Berlin and due to difficult
weather conditions and bad marking of the target the attack failed. 21 planes
were lost. During the bombing run
on Berlin JB842 was attacked by a German night fighter, and near the coast of
North Germany the plane exploded in the air killing all on board."
(FT 86-88-8)
"Mission: Dropping of leaflets and bombing.
Target: Berlin." (p145MACR)
Sergeant Edwin Stanley Bowen was the son of Charles and Janet Elizabeth Bowen,
of Knockholt, Kent, United Kingdom. Altered birth certificate to join the RAF at
17!
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel
143, 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 134.
1 airman from
HAL JB842 was buried at Svinø and 4 in Berlin. 2 airmen
have no known grave.
No. 77 Squadron RAF
- Wikipedia *
77 Squadron Association
*
Halifax *
Halifax-BC
Museum.Canada *
Halifax-RAF Museum *
Halifax-The Yorkshire Air
Museum. Halifax II JB842 KN-E took off
from RAF Elvington at
22.06 hrs on 29 MAR 1943. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.)
Google Map 77 Squadron DK
49
airmen of 77 Squadron: 23 buried in Denmark, 4 in Germany, 17 no known
grave, 1 prisoner of war and 4 airmen evaded to Sweden. 7
airmen.
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