Attack on the German battleship Prinz Eugen on May 17th, 1942

[E.Groenendijk]

Hi,

I’m new to this Forum and this is my first post. My question is about the strike against the German Battleship “Prinz Eugen” om May 17th, 1942. A group of Beauforts from 86 Sqn took off from Sumburgh to attack the Battleship which sailed near the Norwegian coast. During this attack 4 Beauforts were lost. I have a list of crew-names from the CWGC and Geoff’s 1939-47 search engine.
F/S Oakwell; Sgt Ford; Sgt Smith; F/S Boyle; F/S Mercer and Sgt Crozier, all buried in Sola Churchyard, Norway.
P/O McDevitt; Sgt Ackerman and F/S Linford, all buried in the Var Frelsers Cemetery in Haugesund, Norway.
F/O Esler buried in the Mollendal Church Cemetery in Bergen Norway
Sgt Collins; Sgt Paton; Sgt Parkin; Sgt Angelo and Sgt Hoare all on the Runnymede Memorial
and last pilot Alan Hurrell who was made POW.
I’m looking for the Beaufort serial numbers and a crew tie-up.

Thank you
Ed Groenendijk, The Netherlands

[Ross_McNeill]

Hi,

AW248
Sgt S M Angelo
Sgt W A Smith
Sgt R McI Paton
Sgt F D L Oakwell

AW251
Sgt J F V Ford
Sgt C J Crozier
F/Sgt A H Mercer
F/Sgt W C Boyle

AW293
F/Sgt A D G Hurrell
Sgt S A Collins
Sgt S J Hoare
Sgt F W Parkin

AW367
P/O J A Esler DFC
F/Sgt R A Linford
Sgt W E Ackerman
Sgt E P McDevitt

Regards
Ross

[E.Groenendijk]

Thank you, Ross