William B. Brittain Updated: 10 OCT 2021
Airman: o888443.htm Surname: Brittain Init: W B Rank: S/Ldr Service: RCAF Sqdn: 427
P_link: p394.htm Plane: HAL MZ355 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Near Knaplund
Crash_d: d140245 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW
Den 14. februar 1945 kl. 22.30 styrtede
HAL MZ355 ned ved Knaplund 20 km SØ for Skjern
efter mineudlægning i Kadetrenden (her).
Se
Minelægningsområder ved Sweetpeas og
p394MACR. "S/L W. B. Brittain RCAF, F/O R. V. Dallin, F/O C. J. Driscoll, F/O H. McKay og Sgt De Metz blev sendt på hospital grundet deres sår frem til befrielsen. De vendte tilbage til England den 8. maj 1945 " (Lost Bombers) 7 flyvere.
On 14 February 1945 at 22.30 hours
HAL MZ355 crashed at Knaplund 20 km SE of Skjern
here)
after minelaying in the Cadet Channel (here).
See
Minelaying areas at Sweetpeas and
p394MACR.
"S/L W. B. Brittain RCAF, F/O R. V. Dallin, F/O C. J. Driscoll, F/O H. McKay and Sgt
De Metz were confined in Hospital due injuries until Liberation.
Returned to England 8 May 1945 " (Lost Bombers) See No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons * No. 427 (Lion) Squadron * 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron - Wikipedia Halifax*Halifax Print*Halifax - BC Museum of Canada*Halifax - Bless 'Em All. See also 427 Squadron Association with Casualties 14 FEB 1945 - including this crew. Halifax II MZ355 ZL-W took off from RAF Leeming at 18.01 hrs on 14 FEB 1945. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) See p394MACR. 7 airmen. |