Photo 26.June 2003 Karmøy Rogaland
A memorial has been erected
in the harbour at the end of Torvikveien,close to the crash site.
Handley Page Hampden I Kopervik Karmøy
144.Squadron RAF P2063 22.11 1942
Missing on Operation VP, a nuisance raid to Norway. Crew: S/L J R D Hird. Sgt D W Hepplewhite. Sgt R H Alvey. Sgt R J Coles. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. The plane ditched into the sea between Karmøy and Bokn in Rogaland