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)

Sergeant Bertram David Shepperson var fra United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 19 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (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)

Sergeant Bertram David Shepperson was from the United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 19, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (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.