Warrant Officer Class II William Edward Ernest Priddin, 23 år, canadisk
statsborger, var søn af Edward og Florence Priddin; gift med Margaret Clark
Priddin, Saugus, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Hans navn er på Panel 180 på the
Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC)
Den 28. april 1943 styrtede HAL HR773 i Kattegat, måske
omkring
her.
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"28.-29. april 1943, Lysegrund i Kattegat, 10 km
NV for Hesselø. Halifax B.II HR773 (NP-A). 158 BS, 4 BG, Lissett, Yorks. (Minering
i Kattegat) 7 MIA.
9 fly fra 158 BS lagde miner mellem
Gniben (her)
og Anholt (her)
i tidsrummet 00.10-01.20. Et fly blev observeret
nedskudt af en tysk natjager i området.
Den 30. april opsamlede M/V »Vitus Bering« et landingshjul ca. 6 sømil NØ
for Hesselø (omkring
her). Ingen besætningsmedlemmer er fundet fra
dette fly
men dele af vraget blev for år tilbage fundet af svømmedykkere på den
angivne position." (FT 88-33-12) Se
Minelægningsområder.
7 flyvere.
Warrant Officer Class II William
Edward Ernest Priddin, 23, a citizen of Canada, was the son of Edward and
Florence Priddin, and the husband of Margaret Clark Priddin, of Saugus,
Massachusetts, U.S.A.
He is commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 180, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has
this.
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 228.
On 28 April 1943
HAL HR773 crashed into the Kattegat, maybe about
here. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"28 - 29 April 1943, Lysegrund in the Kattegat,
10 km NW of Hesselø. Halifax B.II HR773 (NP-A). 158 BS, 4 BG, Lissett, Yorks.
(Minelaying in the Kattegat) 7 MIA.
9 planes from 158 Squadron
laid mines between Gniben (here)
and Anholt (here)
in the interval 00.10-01.20 hours. One plane was observed shot down by a German
night fighter in the area. On 30 April M/V »Vitus Bering« picked up a
landing wheel app. 6 nautical miles NE of Hesselø (about
here). No crew members have been
found from this plane, but years back scuba divers found parts of the wreckage
at the position indicated." (FT 88-33-12)
See No. 158
Squadron RAF - Wikipedia *
Halifax Print *
Halifax - Bless 'Em All.
Halifax *
Halifax-BC
Museum.Canada *
Halifax-RAF Museum *
Halifax-The Yorkshire Air
Museum * LAN-HAL *
158 Squadron Association - Strength in
Unity and
Memorial to 158 Squadron stationed at RAF Lissett including videos.
Halifax II HR773 NP-A
took off from RAF Lissett
at 21:42 on 28 APR 1943. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered
has
this and a citation for a DFM.) See
Minelaying areas.
7 airmen. |