Folks i need some help.
On my brother-in-laws side of the family a F/O Harold Joseph Billington (navigator)was shot down near Bergen,Norway on 01/4/44. I am trying to find out details of the Beaufighter and where it came down . Also details of the pilot. F/O Billington is buried in the Bergen cemetery. Any help gratefully received.
By: T-21 - 4th February 2008 at 15:11
Ross,
I am indebted to you for the details. Thank you and i know my brother-in-laws family will be very pleased,on a sensitive subject.
By: Ross_McNeill - 4th February 2008 at 10:21
Hi,
489 Sqn
Beaufighter X
LZ454
Coded S for Sugar
F/O W R Baillie RNZAF, Service No. 416436
F/O H J Billington, Service No. 152229
Op: Night Patrol, RAF Leuchars Took off 22:47 hrs on 31/03/44
Took off in company with two other aircraft tasked to patrol between Mandal – Kristiansand – The Skaw for an enemy troopship but failed to return in bad weather. F/O Billington’s body was later recovered from the sea near Bergen but F/O Baillie, of Timaru, Canterbury was never found and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial to the missing.
Regards
Ross
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