Halifax II HR712 - Slipshavn, Storebælt                                                     Updated: 16 MAY 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a060001.htm Bartman G H Wt/O RCAF 102 p159.htm HAL HR712 Bomb G Slipshavn, Storebælt d210443 b111111 c060.htm Nyborg
a060002.htm Day F W Sgt RAF 102 p159.htm HAL HR712 Bomb G Slipshavn, Storebælt d210443 b111111 c060.htm Nyborg
a060003.htm Doidge G L Sgt RAF 102 p159.htm HAL HR712 Bomb G Slipshavn, Storebælt d210443 b111111 c060.htm Nyborg
a060004.htm Irving JBM Sgt RAF 102 p159.htm HAL HR712 Bomb G Slipshavn, Storebælt d210443 b111111 c060.htm Nyborg
o888014.htm Meldrum G S Sgt RAF 102 p159.htm HAL HR712 Bomb G Slipshavn, Storebælt d210443 o888 o888.htm POW
o888013.htm Olliver P R Sgt RAF 102 p159.htm HAL HR712 Bomb G Slipshavn, Storebælt d210443 o888 o888.htm POW
a060005.htm Warner A F Sgt RAF 102 p159.htm HAL HR712 Bomb G Slipshavn, Storebælt d210443 b111111 c060.htm Nyborg


 Den 21. april 1943 på hjemturen fra et bombetogt mod Stettin styrtede HAL HR712 ramt af flak ned nær Slipshavn, omkring her. (Kilde: Lost Bombers)

Peter Russell Olliver og George Simpson Meldrum blev lettere såret samlet op af vandet og indbragt til Nyborg Sygehus, hvor de tilbragte flere dage.
Som krigsfanger kom de senere via Dulag Luft Oberursel til L1 Barth / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Fallingbostel. (Kilder: FT 85-76-11 + Lost Bombers)

Den 3. maj fandt inspektionsskibet "Absalon" ligene af 3 flyvere i vraget ca. 1550 m fra Slipshavn. Det var F. W. Day, G. H. Bartman og J. B. M Irving, der
blev begravet i Nyborg. Der er ingen oplysninger om hvornår og hvordan flyverne fra HAL HR712 blev begravet. (Kilde: FAF)

Den 5. maj blev A. F. Warner fundet i Storebælt. Han blev begravet i Nyborg. Den 9. maj blev G. L. Doidge fundet på stranden ved Lindholm (her).
Han blev også begravet i Nyborg. (Kilde: AOD)

Se Halifax Print og folk bag en Halifax klar til en mission. Se Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943. 7 flyvere.

On 21 April 1943 on the return flight from a bombing raid on Stettin HAL HR712 crashed, hit by flak, near Slipshavn, about here. (Source: Lost Bombers)

Slightly injured Peter Russell Olliver and George Simpson Meldrum were taken out of the water and to Nyborg Hospital where they spent several days.
As POWs they were taken to Dulag Luft Oberursel and  L1 Barth / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Fallingbostel. (Sources: FT 85-76-11 + Lost Bombers)

On 3 May the ship "Absalon" found the bodies of 3 airmen in the wreck about 1550 m from Slipshavn. F. W. Day, G. H. Bartman and J. B. M Irving were
buried in Nyborg New Cemetery. There is no information about how and when the airmen from HAL HR712 were buried. (Source: FAF)

On 5 May A. F. Warner was found in the Storebælt. He was buried in Nyborg. On 9 May G. L. Doidge was found on the beach at Lindholm (here).
He was also buried in Nyborg. (Source: AOD)

See  No. 102 Squadron - Wikipedia *  Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.      
Halifax II HR712 DY- took off from RAF Pocklington at 21.34 hrs on 20 FEB 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) See Pocklington History.
Halifax-RAF Museum * Halifax-The Yorkshire Air Museum. See Halifax Print and Halifax - Bless 'Em All. 7 airmen.