Who was the Navigator of Beaufighter NE439 on 12-9-1944?
 

Hallo,

Does somebody knows who the Navigator was of the Beaufighter NE439 on 12-9-1944? It makes a attack on ships between Den helder en Texel. The plain was hit by flak en lost....The pilot was F/O Herbert Reginald Dowding RCAF J/23223

En does somebody knows what the radio letter was for this plain....QM-?

Thanks René

Re: Who was the Navigator of Beaufighter NE439 on 12-9-1944?
 

René,

Using the CWGC search engine http://www.hut-six.co.uk/cgi-bin/search39-47.php with 12/09/1944 and 254 Squadron there is one other casualty mentioned: F/O Peter N. Hemy, also commemorated at Runnymede.

But perhaps another board member can confirm if F/O Hemy was indeed on NE439.

Groet,

Leendert

Re: Who was the Navigator of Beaufighter NE439 on 12-9-1944?
 

Hello René,

It was indeed F/O Hemy as Leendert already pointed out. The fuselage code was QM-G.

What is your particular interest in this loss?

Regards,
Hans

Re: Who was the Navigator of Beaufighter NE439 on 12-9-1944?
 

Hello Hans,

At the moment I’m making a little database for my own of all the allied bombers who are crashed in Friesland. In this database I please also a number of plains who crashed in the North-Holland site of the Waddenzee en Texel.

Regards, Rene