Pilot
Officer Herbert John Arnold, 21 år, var søn af M. Clyde Arnold og Helen
B. Arnold, Westmount, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Hans navn er på Panel 280 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC)
Den 25. februar 1945 blev HAL
HX224 skudt ned over Skagerrak omkring
her. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"25/26 februar 1945 (kl 21.25). Skagerrak, ca. 30 km N for
Hirtshals. Halifax
GRII, HX224 (BY-P).
58 Squadron, 18 Group, Coastal Command, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. (Anti shipping
patrol i Skagerrak). 7 MIA og 1 MA (Bispebjerg).
L-Lucy JP172 sporede 9 skibe i Skagerrak og
foretog et perfekt angreb. Et handelsskib blev sat i brand og kort efter
eksploderede det. P-Peter HX224 lettede kl. 16.25,
og 5 timer senere blev flyet skudt ned af en tysk Major i en Ju88 fra I/NJG
3. Den 14. november 1979 fik en hummerfisker vragrester i sit garn på 39
favne vand på positionen 57°56N - 10°40 Ø.
Fundet bestod af aluminiumsdele,
maskingeværammunition, en knap,
en lighter, et ur samt diverse skeletdele.
Uret bar inskriptionen
»Hugh McLean« og var givet på
hans 21 års fødselsdag i
1936. Det viste sig at være
HX224's agterskytte, F/O
Hugh James Alexander McLean, fra Australien.
- " (FT 89-73-42)
Den 10. juni 1980 blev F/O McLean begravet fra
St. Alban´s Church i København. Han
ligger på Bispebjerg Kirkegård. (Kilde: FAF)
8 flyvere.
Pilot Officer Herbert John Arnold,
21, was the son of M. Clyde Arnold and Helen B. Arnold, of Westmount, Montreal,
Province of Quebec, Canada.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 280, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has
this.
On 25 February 1945 HAL HX224 was shot down over the
Skagerrak about
here. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"25/26 February 1945 (21.25 hours). The Skagerrak, app. 30 km N of
Hirtshals.
Halifax GRII, HX224 (BY-P).
58 Squadron, 18 Group, Coastal Command, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. (Anti shipping
patrol in the Skagerrak). 7 MIA and 1 MA (Bispebjerg).
L-Lucy JP172 found 9 ships in the Skagerrak and
carried out a perfect attack. A merchant ship caught fire and exploded shortly
after. P-Peter HX224 took off at 16.25 hours and 5 hours later it was shot down
by a German Major in a Ju88
from I/NJG 3. On 14 November 1979 a fisherman catching lobsters got pieces of
wreckage in his net at a depth of 39 fathoms on the position 57°56N - 10°40 E.
The find consisted of aluminium parts, machine
gun ammunition, a button, a lighter, a watch and human bones. The watch had the
inscription »Hugh McLean«
and it
was given to him on his 21st birthday in 1936. It appeared to be the Rear Gunner
of HX224, F/O
Hugh James Alexander McLean of Australia. -
" (FT 89-73-42)
On 10 June 1980 F/O McLean was buried from
St. Alban´s Church in Copenhagen. He rests in Bispebjerg
Cemetery. (Source: FAF+p398MACR.)
See
No. 58 Squadron RAF * RAF Coastal
Command. This
Halifax from No. 18
Group RAF took off from
RAF Stornoway. See Lost Airmen from RAF
Stornoway.
Halifax-Wikipedia*Halifax Print*Halifax-BC
Museum.Canada *
Halifax-RAF Museum *
Halifax-The Yorkshire Air
Museum * Halifax Mk III
at YAM 2019*LAN-HAL. Robin Hudson of RAFA Stornoway
sent
details of airmen from HAL JP333 * HAL JP302
* HAL JP173 * HAL PN402 * HAL JP299.
Also HAL HX224 * HAL JP336
HAL HR686
and HAL JP330
took
off from
RAF Stornoway.
8 airmen.
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