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#	Name* SORT (↑)	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
1	Turvil	Frederick	Warrant Officer	517252	July 20th 1915				Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1943-12-10	Halifax	II	BB378	NF-D	Tempsford	2150	SOE	Crash landed near Tostrup	PoW. Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Died March 2000 in Slough		Carrying top Danish agent Major Flemming Muus Captured Dec 13th 1943 in Denmark Barrter crew BB378 (L-R front) Fry, Barrter, Anderson (L-R back) Riggs, Atkins, Howell, Smith (Turvil absent)
2	Smith	Stanley Gordon	Sergeant	1890877	April 5th 1924.		Air Gunner Mid Upper	RAF	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1943-12-10	Halifax	II	BB378	NF-D	Tempsford	2150	SOE	Crash landed near Tostrup	PoW Died February 2016		Carrying top Danish agent Major Flemming Muus Barrter crew BB378 (L-R front) Fry, Barrter, Anderson (L-R back) Riggs, Atkins, Howell, Smith (Turvil absent)
3	Riggs	Walter Ralph	Sergeant	1600344	June 23th 1922		Air Gunner	RAF	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1943-12-10	Halifax	II	BB378	NF-D	Tempsford	2150	SOE	Crash landed near Tostrup	PoW 267473 Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Died 2005 in Blandford Forum, UK.		Carrying top Danish agent Major Flemming Muus Barrter crew BB378 (L-R front) Fry, Barrter, Anderson (L-R back) Riggs, Atkins, Howell, Smith (Turvil absent)
4	Howell	Ernesto	Flying Officer	144194	Argentina Dec. 31th 1917		Wireless Operator	RAF	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1943-12-10	Halifax	II	BB378	NF-D	Tempsford	21:50	SOE	Crash landed near Tostrup	Evader/MiA 1944-11-09		Carrying top Danish agent Major Flemming Muus Evaded from Denmark after the emergency landing of Halifax BB378 with help from the Danish Resistance. Sailed to Sweden. Back in the UK he resumed with 138 Squadron. Died Nov. 9th 1944 in the North Sea on SOE Operation Crupper 11. Stirling LJ993 was lost in bad weather in the North Sea. On board were 2 agents, Peter Deinbull and Arne Gjestland, 12 containers and 11 packages. Barrter crew BB378 (L-R front) Fry, Barrter, Anderson (L-R back) Riggs, Atkins, Howell, Smith (Turvil absent)
5	Fry	Clarence William 'Joe'	Flying Officer	J/22493		Canada	Navigator	RCAF	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1943-12-10	Halifax	II	BB378	NF-D	Tempsford	2150	SOE	Crash landed near Tostrup	Evader. Died July 31, 2002 aged 84	Paradie Archive Database	Carrying top Danish agent Major Flemming Muus After WW2 he visited the Krügermeier family in Denmark several times to thank them and, locals near Holbaek and also the Danish Resistance workers who helped him and two other crewmembers (Bartter and Howell) to Sweden. We salute the heroines and heroes of the Danish Resistance Barrter crew BB378 (L-R front) Fry, Barrter, Anderson (L-R back) Riggs, Atkins, Howell, Smith (Turvil absent) fryx
6	Barrter	Arthur Clement 'Peter'	Flight Lieutenant		July 10, 1912	British	Pilot	RAFVR	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1943-12-10	Halifax	II	BB378	NF-D	Tempsford	2150	SOE	Failed To Return GERMAN AC, DENMARK Me110, Cra 15km S Holbæk, between Tostrup and Bonderup. Crash landed near Tostrup	Evader. Survived war. Died May 10, 1988 (75)		Carrying top Danish agent Major Flemming Muus Son of Arthur Stanley Bartter and Margaret Helena Bartter Flown for Imperial Airways from 1930 to 1940 in Italy and in Africa. 5 successful SOE operations with 138Sqn in September and November 1943. Prior to their last flight to Denmark in December 1943 the crew flew operations in France and Yugoslavia. After evading from Denmark to Sweden and back to the UK, Bartter worked at SOE Special Training School (STS 40) in Howbury Hall near Waterend in Bedford. School specialized in the use of radio navigation equipment as EUREKA, REBECCA and S-Phone, which was used in many SOE-operations. Left RAF July 12, 1945. After WW2 Bartter visited Denmark several times thanking the local people and resistance workers who helped him and two other crewmembers with their escape to Sweden. Barrter crew BB378 (L-R front) Fry, Barrter, Anderson (L-R back) Riggs, Atkins, Howell, Smith (Turvil absent)	bb378.dk
7	Atkins	Brian Henry	F/Sgt	170267			Bomb Aimer	RAF	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1943-12-10	Halifax	II	BB378	NF-D	Tempsford	2150	SOE	Crash landed near Tostrup	PoW 267430 Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe)		Carrying top Danish agent Major Flemming Muus Imperial War Museum Audio Clips Barrter crew BB378 (L-R front) Fry, Barrter, Anderson (L-R back) Riggs, Atkins, Howell, Smith (Turvil absent)
8	Anderson	Nicholas	Sergeant	1542641	March 4th 1921		FE	RAF	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1943-12-10	Halifax	II	BB378	NF-D	Tempsford	2150	SOE	Crash landed near Tostrup	PoW 267429 Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe). Died 1993 in Shrewsbury, UK		Carrying top Danish agent Major Flemming Muus He escaped 3 times from Stalag 4B. The third attempt was successful and he managed to contact US Army 69 Division.. Barrter crew BB378 (L-R front) Fry, Barrter, Anderson (L-R back) Riggs, Atkins, Howell, Smith (Turvil absent)

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