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Airman Finn Ornulf BAKKE () of the Norwegian Air Force
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft Spitfire PT951 Shot down by flak attacking a train at Marienbaum
Death of Death 1945-02-25
Served in
Burial/Commemoration Details : 15. D. 15. at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (
Map)
More Details:
View Commonwealth War Graves Commission : F O BAKKE
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London Gazette Entries
This is a "Fuzzy Search" and is not guaranteed to fetch the exact entries.
| Number | Name /Text | London Gazette Details |
|---|---|---|
| 10021 | th Jan*946 F ANDERSON | London Gazette supplement : 37541 , Dated 1946-04-19 , Download #37541 |
| 10025 | H P BRIDGES | London Gazette supplement : 37280 , Dated 1945-09-21 , Download #37280 |
| 10025 | H P BRIDGES | London Gazette supplement : 37651 , Dated 1946-07-12 , Download #37651 |
| 10025 | H P BRIDGES | London Gazette supplement : 37447 , Dated 1946-01-25 , Download #37447 |
| 10029 | Wg Cdr F E J COATES | London Gazette supplement : 36207 , Dated 1943-10-08 , Download #36207 |
| 10038 | EQUIPMENT BRANCH Retirement Wg Cdr W C GREEN M C | London Gazette supplement : 36882 , Dated 1945-01-05 , Download #36882 |
| 10038 | Wilfrid Charles GREEN M C | London Gazette issue : 34765 , Dated 1940-01-02 , Download #34765 |
| 10038 | W C Green M C | London Gazette issue : 35525 , Dated 1942-04-14 , Download #35525 |
| 10039 | V J B JACOBS | London Gazette supplement : 36223 , Dated 1943-10-22 , Download #36223 |
| 10043 | Fit Lt D McBiRNEY | London Gazette supplement : 36653 , Dated 1944-08-11 , Download #36653 |
| 10043 | Len WYNNE OWEN | London Gazette issue : 34982 , Dated 1940-10-29 , Download #34982 |
| 10043 | Len WYNNE OWEN | London Gazette issue : 34984 , Dated 1940-11-01 , Download #34984 |
| 10065 | E V BASHFORD | London Gazette issue : 35343 , Dated 1941-11-11 , Download #35343 |
| 10068 | A S BERRY | London Gazette supplement : 37447 , Dated 1946-01-25 , Download #37447 |
| 10070 | Flying Officer William Henry BOWDEN | London Gazette issue : 35171 , Dated 1941-05-23 , Download #35171 |
| 10073 | Kenneth Dowsett Gould COLLIER | London Gazette issue : 34831 , Dated 1940-04-16 , Download #34831 |
| 10073 | K D G COLLIER | London Gazette issue : 35525 , Dated 1942-04-14 , Download #35525 |
| 10076 | H T H COPELAND | London Gazette supplement : 37108 , Dated 1945-06-01 , Download #37108 |
| 10080 | J H DALE | London Gazette supplement : 37269 , Dated 1945-09-14 , Download #37269 |
| 10083 | Retirement Wg Cdr D W DEAN | London Gazette supplement : 37336 , Dated 1945-11-02 , Download #37336 |
Aircraft Accident / Loss Entry
| Date: 25 Feb 45 Aircraft: Spitfire LF.IX PT951 Unit 332 Sqdn Airfield /Crash Location , Germany | |||
| Details | |||
| Source | Henk Welting's Database | ||
| Aircrew details | Airman Finn Ornulf BAKKE + | ||
Rank | Name, Number, Trade & Details | Date | Unit | Country | Cemetery/Memorial & Loc Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airman | Finn Ornulf BAKKE () Spitfire PT951 More Details   | 1945-02-25 | Germany | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery  |
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| Ducth pilots | Hello everyone, I am looking for the first names and service number of the following Dutch pilots: G.H. AALPOEL S.K. AERTSEN J. van ARKEL J.B. ARTS J. <span style="background:yellow">BAKKE</span>R A.J.BARY R.L. van BEERS E.L. van BERGEN T.M. BIALOSTERSKI L.L. de la BRETONIERE R.F. BURGWAL Any help provided would be very appreciated Thanks Phil ....Read More. | Phil Listemann on 25th November 2011 01:17:33 |
| Ducth pilots | Hello , Here some info : Jan Arts Jochem <span style="background:yellow">Bakke</span>r Regards Alain12 ....Read More. | Alain12 on 27th November 2011 10:47:42 |
| F/O W. Russell RAAF | Just to fill in a few gaps, the records I have show that the Dominion Monarch departed Sydney on 9th June 1942, arriving in Auckland on 12th June 1942. Would this tie in with an embarkation from "Sangate" on 17th June 1942? As a random late night thought, as Sandgate is closer to Brisbane, could Brisbane have been the port of embarkation? If so, the "Martin <span style="background:yellow">Bakke</span>", which left there on 17th June 1942, arriving in Key West (East Coast?) on 1st August may be a possibility. (Movements shown on [url]http://www.warsailors.com/riksarkivet2/martin<span style="background:yellow">bakke</span>2.gif[/url]) Regards Pete ....Read More. | PeteT on 21st January 2014 11:07:22 |
| F/O W. Russell RAAF | Thanks for the detail Col. Your information suggests that he was at the Embarkation Depot on 17th rather than Embarking for Canada, so perhaps the "Martin <span style="background:yellow">Bakke</span>" is incorrect. I have had another look at convoyweb (Departures 22nd June [plus / minus 5 days] and there were no departures from Brisbane on 23rd when his records show that he "departed for overseas service". The only other possible departure after 17th was on 26th June when the "Day Star" departed Brisbane, arriving in Los Angeles (16th July) and San Francisco (24th July). A couple of other thoughts: He may have embarked on one of the local convoys (PG2a or 3a) which left Brisbane on 18th and 25th respectively, disembarked at another Australian port before embarking a ship heading for Canada (Possibly leaving Brisbane 18th / Other Port 23rd) Alternatively (although I think it unlikely) he travelled overland to another embarkation port from the depot at Sandgate Any thoughts? Regards Pete ....Read More. | PeteT on 22nd January 2014 10:30:58 |
| F/O W. Russell RAAF | Thanks again Col. Based on both sets of information, do you have a view about which of the options in my previous post is the most likely? I think I am erring towards the use of the local convoy, with embarkation to Canada from another Australian port (but I am no expert, I just like the challenge of trying to pin down convoys / independents) I am assuming the Dominion Monarch and possibly the Martin <span style="background:yellow">Bakke</span> can be eliminated due to their departure times. Regards Pete ....Read More. | PeteT on 22nd January 2014 12:27:11 |
| Caterpillar Badge | Hello, My interest is the survival of the sgts W.J.Garnett and W.J. Morrison after the crash of their Wellinton AD 605 in the night of 2/3 july 1942 near Dirkshorn (Noord-Holland). I Know how the local people saved the two members of the crew (the other five not survived). Did they return in England (Scotland, Canada?). I'm also very interested in their period as POW in Germany. Í am writing (in Dutch) an essay about the day in the village after the crash and how the the local people did help this two sgts. Simon <span style="background:yellow">Bakke</span>r (5.10.1942) ....Read More. | simonbakker on 21st September 2014 09:18:42 |
| Caterpillar Badge | Nick, Thank you very much for the copy of the Questionaire of James Wesley. I hope that you can help to begin a new thread on the subject of my research: what happened with J.W.Garnett and W.J. Morrison directly after the crash, later in the camps and after their liberation? Regards, Simon <span style="background:yellow">Bakke</span>r ....Read More. | simonbakker on 22nd September 2014 08:38:49 |
| Caterpillar Badge | I was surprised to read that the badge of James Wesley Garnett was found by Adam. A question for me is: Was a badge attached to the parachute? The parachute of Morrison, who was landed in the garden of the local bank, was hidden by the banker in his garden under the ground, but the Germans did search the whole day in the village. To prevent reprisals the people has given the parachute at the end of that day - 3 july 1942 - to the Germans. The whole day the Germans had thought that a third parachutist was hidden in the village.... Simon <span style="background:yellow">Bakke</span>r ....Read More. | simonbakker on 24th September 2014 07:56:16 |
| Caterpillar Badge | Hello, Sorry, today I have read in Wikipedia that the badge is an honour for every one who saved his life by landing with a parachute. I hope that also appears the badge of Morrison..... Who knows something? Simon <span style="background:yellow">Bakke</span>r ....Read More. | simonbakker on 24th September 2014 08:34:17 |
| Caterpillar Badge | Paul, thank you for this good example. Perhaps did Morrison write as prison also letters, perhaps received also his family (automatically) the badge before he came back? Simon <span style="background:yellow">Bakke</span>r ....Read More. | simonbakker on 24th September 2014 10:41:04 |
| Caterpillar Badge | Perhaps, Simon<span style="background:yellow">bakke</span>r, If you get an address then you may be able to gain access by volunteering to digitise their archive? HTH Peter Davies ....Read More. | Resmoroh on 24th September 2014 05:17:21 |
| Caterpillar Badge | [QUOTE=simon<span style="background:yellow">bakke</span>r;103297]Hello, Sorry, today I have read in Wikipedia that the badge is an honour for every one who saved his life by landing with a parachute. I hope that also appears the badge of Morrison..... Who knows something? Simon <span style="background:yellow">Bakke</span>r[/QUOTE] Simon. This book will provide some good information on the subject of the Caterpillar Club as well as other clubs 'Goldfish Caterpillars and Guinea Pigs' ....Read More. | colinpateman on 24th September 2014 10:36:04 |
| 109 Squadron Special Duties, 2/3rd July 1942 | David, See my three questions at Ian; I think that you can give me also information about the "wireless"tasks in that night of 2/3 july 1942. Simon <span style="background:yellow">Bakke</span>r ....Read More. | simonbakker on 25th September 2014 09:23:12 |
| 109 Squadron Special Duties, 2/3rd July 1942 | Ian and Nick I found on 16.1.2013 the name Obllt Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld (from Austria) at the site Aviations Safety Network ([URL="http://www.flightsafe.org"]www.flightsafe.org[/URL]) . I read about him on Wikipedia (by googled his name). He was flying in a Messerschmitt, from the base Leeuwarden. He died on 22.3.1944 in the Ardennes, 25 years old. When Garnett after his saving by parachute was with his wounded ankle in the surgery of the local doctor in Warmenhuizen, he said to the doctor, with his finger in the direction of the German officers in that surgery: "Ask that gentlemen to give me a Meusersmis to fly back to England."The Germans could appreciate this joke! Simon <span style="background:yellow">Bakke</span>r ....Read More. | simonbakker on 25th September 2014 09:39:49 |
| Caterpillar Badge | Nick, I found in the list of RAF Commands POW's the name W.J. Morrison. The list is based on the situation in march-april 1944. [B]Camp: 344 [/B][ = Stalag VIII B renamed as Stalag 344 in 1943] [ = Lamsdorf, "one of the largest camps"] [ ca. 40.000?] ["freed by the Red Army on 17/18-3-1945] [B]POW-nr 24953 Service -nr. 973760 Force: RAF [/B]I hope that this facts you can help to find other tracks of Morrison. Simon <span style="background:yellow">Bakke</span>r ....Read More. | simonbakker on 25th September 2014 09:54:58 |
| Caterpillar Badge | [QUOTE=simon<span style="background:yellow">bakke</span>r;103307]Nick, You write: [I]At the point he filled in the questionnaire in May 1945 he was WO (but would have received promotion whilst a POW) James Wesley Garnett, RAF, of Kingsbury, NW-Q. [/I]Two questions: - which promotion - from what to what - has Garnett received? WO = ? - His adress in the questionnaire is 13 Wyndale Ave[nue] Kingsbury NW-9 (you write NW-Q). Was this a guesthouse perhaps?[/QUOTE] Yes, from his Liberation Questionnaire, you will see that he is a Warrant Officer upon release, the Squadron ORB's would give you his rank at the time of the loss. The house currently there looks a period house with three bedrooms so l think it more likely to be a family house. Regards, Nick KenFentonsWar.com ....Read More. | NickFenton on 25th September 2014 12:07:06 |
| 109 Squadron Special Duties, 2/3rd July 1942 | Hi Hans, I've sent an e mail to you. I know where De Blinkerd is, but i'm living 180 km from there....We shall have contact about your additional about AD 605. Thank you! Simon <span style="background:yellow">Bakke</span>r ....Read More. | simonbakker on 25th September 2014 06:37:45 |
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