Beaufighter Ic T4729 - The North Sea                                                  Updated:  05 NOV 2012
 

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777631.htm Bertie S A Sgt RAF 999 p206.htm BFI T4729 Other The North Sea d080843 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a019036.htm Havenhand E Sgt RAF 999 p206.htm BFI T4729 Other The North Sea d080843 b141043 c019.htm Frederikshavn

 

Den 8. august 1943 forsvandt BFI T4729 over Nordsøen under en træningsflyvning.

Liget af Sgt Eric Havenhand blev fundet ved Skagen. Han blev begravet den 14. oktober 1943 i Frederikshavn.

Liget af Sgt (Navigator) Sidney Albert Bertie blev aldrig fundet.

Airwar over Denmark har mere om dette fly og dets besætning.   Updated:  04 MAR 2026  2 flyvere.


On 8 August 1943 BFI T4729 disappeared over the North Sea on a flight to get Operational Flight Experience.

The body of Sgt Eric Havenhand was found near Skagen. On 14 October 1943 he was buried in Frederikshavn.

The body of Sgt (Navigator) Sidney Albert Bertie was never found.

999 Squadron? Here RAF 2 OTU Coastal Command (Operational Training Unit)!

Airwar over Denmark has more about this plane and its crew.     Updated:  04 MAR 2026    2 airmen.