Beaufighter X NE955 - The North Sea                                                   Updated: 13 JAN 2019

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
v996002.htm Boorer W G Wt/O RAF 144 p431.htm BFI NE955 Anti ship The North Sea d030545 v996 v996.htm EVD in DK
v996001.htm Brett P Wt/O RAF 144 p431.htm BFI NE955 Anti ship The North Sea d030545 v996 v996.htm EVD in DK


BFI NE955 blev ramt af flak under minelægning i Kiel Bugt, så flyet måtte nødlande på Nordsøen 60 miles vest for Jylland den 3. maj 1945.
AOD har detaljer. Dette er en af beretningerne om flyvere Reddet af fiskere i Nordsøen.

Warrant Officer (Pilot) Philip Brett og Warrant Officer (Navigator) William G. Boorer klarede at komme i flyets gummibåd og de drev rundt i 4 dage.
De blev fundet den 7. maj 1945 af den danske fiskekutter E 428 "Ella" af Esbjerg omkring her og taget med til sygehuset i Esbjerg. (Kilde: AOD)

NB: EVD in DK - holdt sig på fri fod i Danmark - passer bedst på de to overlevende flyvere. Andre kategorier passer slet ikke.
Krigen var forbi, da de blev reddet af den danske fiskekutter.

2 flyvere.


On 3 May 1945 BFI NE955 was hit by flak during a minelaying operation in the Kiel Bay, so it had to ditch in the North Sea 60 miles west of Jutland.
AOD has details. This is one of the stories about airmen Rescued by fishermen in the North Sea.

Warrant Officer (Pilot) Philip Brett and Warrant Officer (Navigator) William G. Boorer managed to get into the dinghy, and they drifted around for 4 days.
They were found on 7 May 1945 by the Danish cutter E 428 "Ella" of Esbjerg about here and taken to the hospital in Esbjerg. (Source: AOD)

NB: EVD in DK  is the category that best describes the surviving airmen. Other categories do not match at all.
The war was over, when they were rescued by the Danish fishing cutter.

See No. 144 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia and 144 Squadron at RAF-Lincolnshire.info. This Beaufighter took off from RAF Thornaby.

2 airmen.