Halifax MZ349 - The North Sea                                                             Updated: 18 MAY 2022

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
o888608.htm Boyes J A Sgt RAF 051 p482.htm HAL MZ349 Bomb G The North Sea d130844 o888 o888.htm POW
e777919.htm Bradley AAA F/O RAF 051 p482.htm HAL MZ349 Bomb G The North Sea d130844 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
o888609.htm Cundall I P Sgt RAF 051 p482.htm HAL MZ349 Bomb G The North Sea d130844 o888 o888.htm POW
e444049.htm Gregory J Sgt RAF 051 p482.htm HAL MZ349 Bomb G The North Sea d130844 e444 e444.htm GERMANY
o888606.htm Hannay A F/Lt RAF 051 p482.htm HAL MZ349 Bomb G The North Sea d130844 o888 o888.htm POW
o888607.htm McDonald R A F/O RCAF 051 p482.htm HAL MZ349 Bomb G The North Sea d130844 o888 o888.htm POW
e777918.htm Tunstall E T F/O RAF 051 p482.htm HAL MZ349 Bomb G The North Sea d130844 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN

Den 13. august 1944 omkring kl. 02.00 nødlandede HAL MZ349 i Nordsøen på tilbagevejen fra et bombetogt til Brunswick (Braunschweig).
Det brændte på grund af et angreb fra tysk side. (Kilde: Lost Bombers)

Mange flere end de 152 fly nævnt i www.airmen.dk styrtede i Nordsøen, men dette medtages i www.airmen.dk fordi F/O Edmond T. Tunstall fra dette fly senere blev
skyllet i land på Fanø (der er her). Fra august 1944 var det en stående tysk ordre, at omkomne flyvere skulle begraves "på stedet". Dette skete også med E. T. Tunstall - og efter krigen var det umuligt at finde liget af ham igen! Han har ingen kendt grav. Se mere på siden om F/O E. T. Tunstall.

F/O A. A. A. Bradley har ingen kendt grav. Sgt J. Gregory blev fundet ilanddrevet den 4. september 1944, og han blev begravet i Tyskland. 4 flyvere blev krigsfanger og blev sendt til Tyske krigsfangelejre. Sgt E. T. Boyes og Sgt I. P. Cundall blev sendt til  Stalag Luft 7 Luckenwalde, mens F/Lt A. Hannay og F/O R. A. McDonald blev sendt til Stalag Luft 3 Sagan. (Kilde: Lost Bombers) Se foto af besætningen*Google Map 51 Squadron*Halifax bombefly*Halifax Print*folk bag en Halifax klar til en mission.
7 flyvere. Flere links i engelsk version.

On 13 August 1944 at about 02.00 hours HAL MZ349 ditched into the North Sea on the return flight from a bombing raid on Brunswick (Braunschweig) - set on fire by enemy action. (Source: Lost Bombers)

Many more than the 152 planes mentioned in www.airmen.dk crashed into the North Sea, but this is included in www.airmen.dk because F/O Edmond T. Tunstall from this plane later was found washed ashore on the island of Fanø (which is here). From August 1944 it was a standing procedure for the Germans that perished airmen were to be buried "on the spot". This also happened to E. T. Tunstall - and after the war it was impossible to find his body again! More on the page about F/O E. T. Tunstall.

F/O A. A. A. Bradley has no known grave. Sgt J. Gregory was found washed ashore on 4 September 1944 and he was buried in Germany. 4 airmen became
Prisoners of War and they were taken to German POW-Camps. Sgt E. T. Boyes and Sgt I. P. Cundall were taken to L7 Luckenwalde, while F/Lt A. Hannay and
F/O R. A. McDonald were taken to L 3 Sagan. (Source: Lost Bombers) See Crew Photo.

See No. 51 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * The 51 Squadron Website * Google Map 51 Squadron. The IBCC has details at the end of the description of perished airmen.
Halifax * Halifax-BC Museum.Canada * Halifax-RAF Museum * Halifax-The Yorkshire Air Museum. See Halifax Print and Halifax - Bless 'Em All.
Halifax III MZ349 MH-U took off from RAF Snaith at 21:09 on 12 AUG 1944. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this + Archive Report.) 7 airmen