James Southworth                                                                                     Updated: 14 MAJ 2018

Airman: v996088.htm Surname: Southworth Init: J Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 644

P_link: p430.htm Plane: HAL NA672 Operation: Drop in DK Crash_site: Ringkøbing Fjord

Crash_d: d270445 Buried_d: v996 C_link: v996.htm At_Next: EVD in DK

HAL NA672 landede i vandet i Ringkøbing Fjord omkring her, overblik her og her den 27. april 1945 efter at have nedkastet våben på Lolland omkring her.
Flyet ramte vandet kl. 01:15, da det kom for langt ned i forsøg på at undgå flak.

R. L. MacDougall og W. T. Roberts blev taget til fange af Værnemagten. H. J. Christian, R. E. Hay, M. A. Roberts og J. Southworth
holdt sig på fri fod til Danmarks befrielse, der blev meddelt i BBC nyhederne i radioen den 4. maj 1945 kl. 20:36. AOD har detaljer om flyverne.

Se Google Map Rebild med 15 fly mistet med tab af 69 liv + 3 fly mistet uden tab af liv.
6 flyvere.

HAL NA672 landed in the water in the Ringkøbing Fjord about here on 27 April 1945 after having dropped weapons in Lolland about here.
The plane hit the water at 01:15, when it dived to avoid flak.

R. L. MacDougall and W. T. Roberts were captured by the Wehrmacht.
H. J. Christian, R. E. Hay, M. A. Roberts and J. Southworth remained uncaptured till the liberation of Denmark which was announced in
the BBC radio news on 4 May 1945 at 2036 hours. AOD has details about the airmen.

See  No. 644 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia *  644 Squadron in  WW2 RAF 38 Group, History * 644 Squadron in Unit Histories.
Halifax-BC Museum.Canada * Halifax-RAF Museum * Halifax-The Yorkshire Air Museum. See Halifax Print and Halifax - Bless 'Em All.
This Halifax took off from RAF Tarrant-Rushton.         
6 airmen.