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AM 364 CRUPPER 40 (GREENFINCH) 2 Målsjøen – 25. februar 1945
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Særmelding BBC : "Borte var alt ihop"
Code : SITRON Signal bakke: N Signal fly: ?
CON PAK M HD CRS SPD LAND . MERKNAD
FS/ * LOST
13 600 260 135 04:02 (Foulsham) LA/OF/* 18:36 Tarrant Ruston
Squad: RAF 298/644
1: F/O EDICK R S Halifax III NA103 8T-M
2: P/O BARR H W Halifax VII NA659 2P-X
Out: 02.2.45 19:24/40 Drop: C40:=NC-C34: 22:45
- 1
- F/O Robert Stanley Edick Pilot
- P/O Eric Alexander Innes Wireless Op
- WO Chester Allen Holmlund Navigator
- F/O Alex Kotyk RCAF - Air Bomber
- P/O Hector Lochhead Tail gunner
- F/Sgt William George Godfrey Flight Engineer
- 2
- Barr, H.W. (Sandy) RCAF, Pilot
- Nav. Howlett, W.D. RCAF
- B/Aim. Healey. T.C. RCAF
- B/Aim. Smith. E.A. RAF
- W/O. Greenstock. J.B RAF
- A/G: Sanders. 3.3. RCAF
- F/E: Basnett. A. RAF
- SOE Missing.
- SOE Crupper 40. No reception. Load dropped on Crupper 34 depot, where reception was well organized.. Route same as above. Vis. very good. No enemy action. Port outer featured 23:26. Landed at Foulsham. Base, 5645-0615E, 5800-0910E, 5840-0910E, 5917-0918E, 6013-0937E, DZ, RSR. Port outer feathered at 23:26 just after leaving Norwegian coast. A/C landed on 3 engines.
RAF298/644 ORB+MR
February 25th/26th, 1945.
Nineteen aircraft from Tarrant Rushton took part in SOE operations to Norway, nine aircraft from No. 298 Squadron and ten aircraft from No. 644 Squadron. Of these, 15 aircraft successfully completed their mission and two were unsuccessful owing to no reception in the DZ area. One aircraft returned to base early with unserviceable fuel transfer pumps. Aircraft T-’M’ of No. 298 Squadron piloted by Flying Officer EDICK is missing from this operation.
T/O Tarrant Rushton 17:27 hrs on SOE mission to Norway.
Aircraft hit by flak at 23:44 hrs while crossing Norwegian coast. All crew killed when aircraft crashed into sea.
F/O Robert Stanley Edick RCAF - Pilot - died
P/O Eric Alexander Innes RCAF - Wireless Op - died
WO Chester Allen Holmlund RCAF - Navigator - died
F/O Alex Kotyk RCAF - Air Bomber - died
P/O Hector Lochhead RCAF - Tail gunner - died
F/Sgt William George Godfrey RAF - Flight Engineer - died
All commemorated on Runnymede Memorial, UK
Flystyrten ved Torungene i 1945 var flystyrten av Royal Air Force-flyet Handley Page Halifax Mk.III NA 103 tilhørende 298 Squadron, nedskutt av tyske nattjagere under andre verdenskrig, 25. februar 1945, og styrtet i havet ved Torungene i Arendal.
Flyet, som var et bombefly med fire Hercules-motorer, tok av fra RAFs flyplass Tarrant Rushton øst for Blandford Forum i sørlige England ettermiddagen 25. februar klokken 17:27. Flyet var lastet med utstyr til Milorggruppe 14231 på Hadeland, og hadde et mannskap på fem canadiere og en brite. Målet var en droppsone ved Malsjøen. Da det kom over Telemark ble de møtt av dårlig vær, og måtte tilslutt snu da de var avhengig av klarvær for å kunne droppe lasten på korrekt sted. Det alternative droppstedet var heller ikke mulig å finne.
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