Warrant Officer John Ian Murray, 24 år, var søn af John Anderson Murray og Elizabeth Murray, Glasgow. King's Scout.
Hans navn er på Panel 269 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

Den 24. april 1945 blev HAL JP299 skudt ned over Skagerrak omkring her ca. 30 km nord for Hirtshals.

Vi kender ikke alle detaljer, men ved at se på både britiske og tyske oplysninger får man et billede af hvad der skete.

Naturligvis blev flyvere altid efter et togt spurgt om, hvad de havde oplevet! Læs mere om HAL JP299.

Se Halifax Print * Halifax Mk III på YAM 2019 * folk bag en Halifax klar til en mission. 9 flyvere.
 

Warrant Officer John Ian Murray, 24, was the son of John Anderson Murray and Elizabeth Murray, of Glasgow. King's Scout.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 269, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)

On 24 April 1945 HAL JP299 was shot down over the Kattegat about here app. 30 km north of Hirtshals.

We do not know all details, but a look at British and German information gives an idea of what happened.

Airmen were of course always after a sortie asked questions about what they had experienced! Read more about HAL JP299.

See No. 58 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * RAF Coastal Command. This Halifax from No. 18 Group RAF took off from RAF Stornoway. Halifax Print * Halifax painting
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. See Lost Airmen from RAF Stornoway.  9 airmen.