Halifax B.II JB923 (VR-Q) - The Skagerrak Updated: 17 MAR 2021
Airman | Surname | Init | Rank | Service | Sqdn | P_link | Plane | Operation | Crash_site | Crash_d | Buried_d | C_link | At_Next |
e777833.htm | Acker | J G | WO2 | RCAF | 419 | p466.htm | HAL JB923 | Minelaying | The Skagerrak | d290443 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
e777834.htm | Allan | JAL | Sgt | RCAF | 419 | p466.htm | HAL JB923 | Minelaying | The Skagerrak | d290443 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
e777836.htm | Carley | J W | F/Sgt | RCAF | 419 | p466.htm | HAL JB923 | Minelaying | The Skagerrak | d290443 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
e777837.htm | Gourde | R R | F/Sgt | RCAF | 419 | p466.htm | HAL JB923 | Minelaying | The Skagerrak | d290443 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
e777835.htm | Murphy | LJC | F/Sgt | RCAF | 419 | p466.htm | HAL JB923 | Minelaying | The Skagerrak | d290443 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
e777838.htm | O'Connor | JMB | WO2 | RCAF | 419 | p466.htm | HAL JB923 | Minelaying | The Skagerrak | d290443 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
e777839.htm | Smallwood | GKA | WO2 | RCAF | 419 | p466.htm | HAL JB923 | Minelaying | The Skagerrak | d290443 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
Natten mellem
den 28. og 29. april 1943
foretog RAF krigens hidtil største minering. 226 fly
kastede 593 miner i de danske farvande og i Østersøen.
19 Halifaxes fra
On 29 April 1943
HAL JB923 crashed into the Skagerrak (about
here) north of Hirtshals. (Danish)
Aviation Historical Review writes: In the night between 28 and 29
April 1943 the RAF carried out the greatest minelaying operation in the war so
far. 226 planes dropped 593 mines in the Danish waters |