Halifax III LV998 - Flensborg Fjord                                                      Updated:  10 MAR 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
o888484.htm Agnew J G F/O RCAF 424 p386.htm HAL LV998 Minelaying Flensborg Fjord d120145 o888 o888.htm POW
e777354.htm Archer W E F/Sgt RCAF 424 p386.htm HAL LV998 Minelaying Flensborg Fjord d120145 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a113146.htm Carnegie R C P/O RCAF 424 p386.htm HAL LV998 Minelaying Flensborg Fjord d120145 b111111 c113.htm Aabenraa
e444013.htm Fife M G F/O RCAF 424 p386.htm HAL LV998 Minelaying Flensborg Fjord d120145 e444 e444.htm GERMANY
a113147.htm Grant M C F/O RCAF 424 p386.htm HAL LV998 Minelaying Flensborg Fjord d120145 b111111 c113.htm Aabenraa
e444014.htm Pollard J Sgt RAF 424 p386.htm HAL LV998 Minelaying Flensborg Fjord d120145 e444 e444.htm GERMANY
a113148.htm Rielly C T P/O RCAF 424 p386.htm HAL LV998 Minelaying Flensborg Fjord d120145 b200145 c113.htm Aabenraa


Den 12. januar 1945 styrtede HAL LV998 i Flensborg Fjord ved Flensborg omkring her (Kilde: Svend Gram, se Øjenvidneberetning) under en
minelægningsoperation. Se Minelægningsområder - WALLFLOWER.

6 flyvere omkom og 1 flyver blev krigsfange.

3 flyvere fra HAL LV998 blev begravet i Aabenraa, 2 i Tyskland, 1 har ingen kendt grav og 1 mand blev krigsfange og ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.

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Airwar over Denmark har intet om dette fly og dets besætning.   Updated:  08 MAR 2026  7 flyvere.

On 12 January 1945 HAL LV998 crashed into the Flensborg Fjord near Flensburg about here. (Source: Svend Gram) on a minelaying operation.
See Minelaying areas - WALLFLOWER.  6 airmen perished and 1 airman became a prisoner of war.

3 airmen from HAL LV998 were buried in Aabenraa, 2 in Germany, 1 has no known grave and 1 was captured and taken to German POW-Camps.

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Halifax III LV998 QB-Y took off from RAF Skipton on Swale at 17:24 on 12 JAN 1945. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) 

Airwar over Denmark has nothing about this plane and its crew.     Updated:  08 MAR 2026  7 airmen.