Flight
Sergeant Allan Francis Juby var fra Canada.
Hans navn er på Panel 282 på the
Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC)
Den 26. april 1945 forsvandt HAL JP330. Måske blev flyet
skudt ned af tyske natjagere over Skagerrak.
Halifax GR. III RAF serie No JP330 fra 58 Sqn.
kendingsbogstaver 'BY - Q' startede fra RAF Stornoway på en patruljetur efter
tyske skibe og U-både
i Skagerrak-området. Det kom ikke tilbage!
Imidlertid blev to besætningsmedlemmer skyllet op på kysten nær den sydnorske by
Mandal kort efter at flyet gik tabt.
De er begravet på byens kirkegård. (Kilde: Robin Hudson fra
RAFA Stornoway).
Se
Halifax Print * Halifax Mk III på
YAM 2019 *
folk bag en Halifax klar til en
mission. 9 flyvere.
Flight Sergeant Allan Francis Juby
was from Canada.
He is commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 282, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has
this about Air Gunner A. F. Juby.
On 26 April 1945 HAL JP330 disappeared. Maybe it was shot
down by German night fighters over the Skagerrak.
Halifax GR. III RAF serial No JP330 of 58 Sqn.
coded 'BY - Q' took off from
RAF Stornoway on an
anti-shipping sortie in the Skagerrak area
and it failed to return.
However, two crew members were washed ashore near the southern Norwegian town of
Mandal shortly after the aircraft was lost. They are buried in the town churchyard. (Source: Robin Hudson of
RAFA Stornoway).
See
No. 58 Squadron RAF * RAF Coastal
Command * This
Halifax from No. 18
Group RAF took off from
RAF Stornoway. Halifax
painting
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. See Lost Airmen from RAF
Stornoway.
9 airmen. |