Hagerup managed to bail
out, but it was too late. His body was found in the sea shortly after. Finne
was found a few days later.
They were buried by the
Germans at Askvoll Church. There is also a memorial erected at Askvoll church
F/333
and L/333(Lt.Offerdal) took off from Leuchars at 10.00 on a shipping reconnaissance
mission along the Norwegian coast. South of Ytterøya they spotted a convoy
of three ships, and they attacked immediately. F/333 was hit by flak and crashed
on the shore. Pilot, Lt.Anton Christophersen Hagerup. Navigator,
kvartermester Just Wiede Meinche Finne
There
is also a memorial of a downed Beaufighter at this place
