R. H. Barnes                                                                                          Updated: 26 JAN 2021


Airman:
 o888061.htm Surname: Barnes Init: R H Rank: F/O Service: RCAF Sqdn: 429

P_link: p390.htm Plane: HAL NR173 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Sea E of Als

Crash_d: d120145 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW
 

HAL NR173 var på en mineudlægningsoperation til Flensborg Fjord, da flyet blev angrebet af en JU 88G-6 og beskadiget. Se Minelægningsområder.

Flyet styrtede i havet øst for Als omkring her. Alle sprang ud med faldskærm og landede på Als, også Flying Officer (Air Bomber) R.H. Barnes.

 Flyverne blev taget til fange og sendt til Dulag Luft Oberursel. Ved krigens slutning blev de befriet fra krigsfangelejren ved Moosburg. (Kilde: AOD)

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HAL NR173 was on a minelaying operation to Flensburg Fjord, when it was attacked by a JU 88G-6 and damaged. See Minelaying areas.

The plane crashed into the sea east of Als about here. All bailed out and landed on Als, also Flying Officer (Air Bomber) R.H. Barnes.

The airmen became POWs and were sent to Dulag Luft Oberursel. At the end of the war they were liberated from the POW Camp at Moosburg. (Source: AOD)

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Halifax III NR173 AL-D took off from RAF Leeming at 17.18 hrs on 12 JAN 1945. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) See  p390MACR7 airmen.