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 Den 27. februar 1945 styrtede
BFI NV414 i Nordsøen ud for Peterhead. Det
var blevet ramt af flak under angreb på tyske skibe i
Nordsøen og prøvede at nå tilbage til Scotland. De to besætningsmedlemmer sprang
ud med faldskærm ved
Peterhead, Scotlands østligste punkt.
F/O Brock drev ud over havet, hvor han druknede.
Den 4. juli 1945 blev hans lig fundet skyllet ind ved Rødhus Strand, omkring
her.
Han blev begravet af pastor F. Busch i Hune den 6. juli 1945.
F/Sgt Hirst landede uskadt med faldskærm på Scotland Drome, Peterhead.
(Kilde: FAF) Se p399MACR og dette uddrag fra ORB
(detaljer ved p399):
"Nåede land
kl. 23:00 syd for Peterhead og navigatøren sprang ud med faldskærm omkring 800 m fra
RAF Peterhead og gik
usåret ind på området.
Piloten, der var klar til at følge navigatøren er
endnu ikke blev fundet. Der var intet spor af ham i det nedstyrtede fly."
Ukendt om eller hvornår Hirst hørte om Brock begravet i
Hune!
2 flyvere.
 On 27 February 1945
BFI NV414 crashed into the North Sea off Peterhead about
here. It
had been hit by flak during attack on German ships
in the North Sea and tried to get back to Scotland. The 2 crew members bailed
out at
Peterhead, the easternmost point of Scotland.
F/O Brock drifted out over the sea where he
drowned. On 4 July 1945 his body was found washed ashore on Rødhus Strand, about
here.
On 6 July 1945 Vicar F. Busch officiated at the graveside ceremony in Hune.
F/Sgt Hirst was unhurt and landed in his
parachute on Scotland Drome, Peterhead. (Source: FAF) See
p399MACR and this excerpt from the ORB (details
at p399):
“ 23.00 made landfall
south of Peterhead and the Navigator baled out about half a mile from
RAF
Peterhead and walked into dispersal uninjured. The pilot who was
ready to
follow the navigator out has not yet been located. There was no sign of him in
the crashed aircraft.” The p399MACR
is a shorter version of this ORB.
Unknown if or when Hirst heard about Brock
buried in Hune!
This
Beaufighter from
No. 455 Squadron
RAAF, Coastal
Command took off from
RAF Dallachy.
2 airmen.
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