About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
205041
The type of the plane.
Wellington
The plane ID.
LN853
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
No. 37 Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-04-04
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Nachtjäger
The place the bomber targeted.
Budapest
The place where the bomber crashed.
Tiborszállás
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
00.08
Time of the crash.
00.08
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Beale, Heathcote H. B. SquadL Pilot RNZAF
Dean, Harry Galloway F/O Bombardier RAF
Griffith, Arthur Sgt Gunner 1 RAF
Jeffrey, Charles W. I. F/O Gunner 2 RAF
Sullivan, Felix Aloysius F/O Navigator RAF

How to cite

DAACDA – Downed Allied Air Crew Database Austria, edited by Nicole-Melanie Goll, Georg Hoffmann and Peter Andorfer, Vienna 2025 (https://daacda.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/a-01009.html)