Halifax III NR173 - Sea east of Als                    SDBG * Google Map SDBG-AirmenDK              Updated: 30 SEP 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
o888061.htm Barnes R H F/O RCAF 429 p390.htm HAL NR173 Minelaying Sea E of Als d120145 o888 o888.htm POW
o888063.htm Frair H K F/O RCAF 429 p390.htm HAL NR173 Minelaying Sea E of Als d120145 o888 o888.htm POW
o888060.htm Johnson H L P/O RCAF 429 p390.htm HAL NR173 Minelaying Sea E of Als d120145 o888 o888.htm POW
o888059.htm Milner A R F/Lt RCAF 429 p390.htm HAL NR173 Minelaying Sea E of Als d120145 o888 o888.htm POW
o888058.htm Small J G F/Sgt RCAF 429 p390.htm HAL NR173 Minelaying Sea E of Als d120145 o888 o888.htm POW
o888062.htm Sulek O H Wt/O RCAF 429 p390.htm HAL NR173 Minelaying Sea E of Als d120145 o888 o888.htm POW
o888064.htm Turner K Sgt RCAF 429 p390.htm HAL NR173 Minelaying Sea E of Als d120145 o888 o888.htm POW


HAL NR173 var på en mineudlægningsoperation til Flensborg Fjord, da flyet blev angrebet af en JU 88G-6 og beskadiget. Se Minelægningsområder. p390MACR

Flyet styrtede i havet øst for Als omkring her. Alle sprang ud med faldskærm og landede på Als.

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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Airwar over Denmark har mere om dette fly og dets besætning.   Updated:  09 MAR 2026  7 flyvere. 

HAL NR173 was on a minelaying operation to Flensburg Fjord, when it was attacked by a JU 88G-6 and damaged. p390MACR has more. See Minelaying areas.

The plane crashed into the sea east of Als about here. All bailed out and landed on Als.

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)

See No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons*No. 429 (Bison) Squadron)*429 sqn RCAF Research*429 Squadron RCAF Association*429 Transport Squadron

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Halifax III NR173 AL-D took off from RAF Leeming at 17:18 on 12 JAN 1945. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) See  p390MACR. 

Airwar over Denmark has more about this plane and its crew.     Updated:  09 MAR 2026  7 airmen.