Frank W. Wade                                                                                         Updated: 22 MAR 2021

Airman: e777358.htm Surname: Wade Init: F W Rank: Sgt Service: RCAF Sqdn: 57

P_link: p051.htm Plane: WEL Z8946 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: At Rømø,south tip

Crash_d: d261041 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 26. oktober 1941 styrtede WEL Z8946 i tidevandsområdet ved Rømøs sydspids (omkring her) på et bombetogt til Hamborgp051MACR
Se også Google Map 57 + 630 Squadron.

Sgt L. C. Bentley blev fundet drevet ind ved Nymindegab (omkring her). Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 18. august 1942.
Den 14. marts 1944 blev Sgt D. S. Fisk fundet  drevet ind ved Ballum sluse (omkring her). Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 17. marts 1944.
Sgt F. W. Wade har ingen kendt grav.

Pilot Officer Frank William Wade, 23 år, var søn af William og Dorcas Clara Wade, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.
Hans navn er på Panel 60 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

6 flyvere.

On 26 October 1941 WEL Z8946 crashed in the tidal waters south of Rømø (about here) on a bombing raid on Hamburgp051MACR
See also Google Map 57 + 630 Squadron.

Sgt L. C. Bentley was found drifted ashore at Nymindegab (about here). He was buried in Esbjerg on 18 August 1942.
On 14 March 1944 Sgt D. S. Fisk was found drifted ashore at the Ballum Locks (about here). He was buried in Esbjerg on 17 March 1944.
Sgt F. W. Wade has no known grave.

Pilot Officer Frank William Wade, 23, was the son of William and Dorcas Clara Wade, of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 60, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
His name is engraved on the Memorial Wall at the BC Museum of Canada. The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has this.
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 258.


See No.57 Squadron RAF in Wikipedia * 57 & 630 Squadron Association * WellingtonLincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre.
Wellington Ic Z8946 DX-S took off from RAF Feltwell at 18.10 hrs on 26 OCT 1941. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) 6 airmen.