[B.F.M. Droog]

Who can enlighten me with the identities of the involved He 111 and German crew?

Type: Walrus
Serial number: P5647, -?
Operation: ?, Norway
Lost: 18/05/1940
Lieutenant Ronald W. Benson-Dare, RN, H.M.S. Devonshire [700 Sqdn.], age 23, 18/05/1940, missing
Midshipman A D.Corkhill wounded, rescued
Leading Airman William H. Hill, RN FX/55056, H.M.S. Devonshire [700 Sqdn.], age 31, 18/05/1940, Tromso Cemeterty, Norway (died of wounds)
Heavy cruiser Devonshire's 700 Squadron Walrus was shot down by a German He.111 aircraft from 1(F)/122 at Malangsfjord, Rystraumer
Crashed. Ltn Benson-Dare is commemorated on the Lee-on-Solent Memorial.
Sources: British and Other Navies in World War 2 Day-by-Day; CWGC; Shores and John Foreman, Fledgling Eagles, 1992 (via TOCH Forum).


Regards,

Bart