Den 19. marts 1940 styrtede WHI N1405 i Nordsøen ved Sild (den tyske ø syd for Rømø). Hele besætningen omkom.

Wireless Operator William George Newton blev fundet ilanddrevet på stranden på Rømø (måske omkring her) den 26. maj 1940. Ved den af værnemagten arrangerede militærbegravelse den 28. maj foretog sognepræst R. Jørgensen jordpåkastelsen.

Bertram David Shepperson forsvandt i havet. John Edward Baskerville, Leslie Close og Emery Orville Fennell ligger begravet i Kiel i Tyskland. (Kilde: FAF)

Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) John Edward Baskerville, 25 år, var søn af William Francis og Minnie Maude Baskerville, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; gift med Jane Beatty Baskerville, Winnipeg. Han er begravet på Kiel War Cemetery i Tyskland. (Kilde: CWGC)

5 flyvere. Se Google Map 51 Squadron.

On 19 March 1940 WHI N1405 crashed into the North Sea at Sylt (the German island south of Rømø). All of the crew perished.

On 26 May 1940 Wireless Operator William George Newton was found drifted ashore on Rømø (maybe about here). On 28 May the Wehrmacht carried out a military burial where Vicar R. Jørgensen officiated at the graveside.

Bertram David Shepperson disappeared at sea. John Edward Baskerville, Leslie Close and Emery Orville Fennell are buried in Kiel in Germany. (Source: FAF)

Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) John Edward Baskerville, 25, was the son of William Francis and Minnie Maude Baskerville, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and the husband of Jane Beatty Baskerville, of Winnipeg. He is buried in Kiel War Cemetery in Germany. (Source: CWGC)

This Whitley from Bomber Command No. 51 Squadron took off from RAF Dishforth. See also No. 51 Bomb Squadron and The 51 Squadron Website.

5 airmen. Lost Bombers has this. See Google Map 51 Squadron.