Den 9. februar
1945 styrtede denne Halifax i Nordsøen i forbindelse med et bombeangreb på
Politz ved
Stettin som
flyet skulle støtte.
På hjemvejen kolliderede HAL MZ342 med en Lancaster, som
ikke fik alvorlige skader, men
HAL MZ342 styrtede ned. Hele besætningen blev dræbt.
(Kilder: FAF og AOD)
Flying Officer David Percy Maeers Finnigan, 23 år, var søn af Stanley og
Mabel Annie Finnigan, Southgate, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 266 på the Runnymede Memorial
blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en
kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
1 flyver fra HAL MZ342 blev begravet på Husby Kirkegård
den 24. august 1945 og 1 i Esbjerg den 22. februar 1946. 6 flyvere har ingen
kendt grav.
Se
p391MACR.
Se
Halifax Print og
folk bag en Halifax klar til en
mission. 8 flyvere.
On 9 February 1945 this Halifax crashed
into the North Sea in connection with a bombing raid on Politz near
Stettin - Szczecin
which it was to support.
On the return flight HAL MZ342 collided with a Lancaster
which was not seriously damaged, but HAL MZ342 crashed.
All of the crew perished.
(Sources: FAF and AOD)
Flying Officer David Percy Maeers Finnigan, 23, was the son of Stanley
and Mabel Annie Finnigan, of Southgate, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel
266, 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 164.
1 airman from
HAL MZ342 was buried in Husby Churchyard on 24 August
1945 and 1 in Esbjerg on 22 February 1946. 6 airmen have no known grave.
See
No.192 Squadron RAF
- Wikipedia *
No. 192 Squadron - a
specialist RCM (radio counter measures) squadron *
Halifax Print *
Halifax - Bless 'Em All.
Halifax *
Halifax-BC
Museum.Canada *
Halifax-RAF Museum *
Halifax-The Yorkshire Air
Museum * LAN-HAL
Halifax III MZ342 DT-B took off from RAF Foulsham
at 19.41 hrs on 08 FEB 1945. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.)
See p391MACR. 8 airmen.
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