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Manchester I L7324 crashed in the North Sea on 16/5-1941.
The aircraft belonged to RAF 97 Sqn. Bomber Command and was coded OF-?
T/o 22:00 Coningsby OP:Berlin.
At 23:00 hours a wireless transmission was received indicating that the
starboard engine had failed. After that nothing was heard. The aircraft must
have crashed into the North Sea. Pilot F/L Gerald O.L. Bird DFC, Sgt Peter N.
Nutt, P/O William A. Brown and Sgt Reginald G. Pyatt have no known graves and
are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
On August 4. the body of F/Sgt Kenneth J. Hutt was found drifted ashore on the
beach of Grønhøj near Blokhus by tourists. Receiver of wrecks Frøstrup had the
body taken to his farm and from there to Frederikshavn cemetery where it was
laid to rest on August 7. 1941. A German Field priest officiated at the
graveside ceremony.
Sgt. Wallace P. Hannigan`s grave
Sgt. Wallace P. Hannigan was found on the beach near Furreby
and laid to rest in Furreby cemetery on August 5. 1941.
Sources: FAF, BCL, AS.
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