Wellington IC R1778 - The North Sea                                                   Updated: 11 JAN 2012

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777382.htm Dimond LGC Sgt RAF 101 p055.htm WEL R1778 Bomb G The North Sea d301141 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
o888558.htm Finch RSC Sgt RAF 101 p055.htm WEL R1778 Bomb G The North Sea d301141 o888 o888.htm POW
o888559.htm Lamont J W Sgt RAF 101 p055.htm WEL R1778 Bomb G The North Sea d301141 o888 o888.htm POW
e777381.htm Naylor K Sgt RAF 101 p055.htm WEL R1778 Bomb G The North Sea d301141 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777380.htm Williams D E Sgt RAF 101 p055.htm WEL R1778 Bomb G The North Sea d301141 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777379.htm Willisson D A Sgt RAF 101 p055.htm WEL R1778 Bomb G The North Sea d301141 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN

WEL R1778 havde motorproblemer på vej til at bombe Hamburg, så flyet styrtede i Nordsøen omkring her kl. 20:00 den 30. november 1941.
AOD har detaljer. Dette er en af beretningerne om flyvere Reddet af fiskere i Nordsøen.

Sergeant (Co-Pilot) Roy St. C. Finch og Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) John W. Lamont kom i gummibåden, der blev fundet
den 2. december 1941 kl. 10:00 af den danske fiskekutter E 264 »Harmoni« af Esbjerg. Ved ankomsten til Esbjerg blev de taget til fange
af tyskerne. De lærte en del tyske krigsfangelejre at kende.

Sergeant (Pilot) Derek A. Willisson, Sergeant (Observer) Donald E. Williams, Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Kenneth Naylor
og Sergeant (Air Gunner) Leonard G. C. Dimond omkom og forsvandt i havet. (Kilder: AOD og Lost Bombers) 6 flyvere.

On 30 November 1941 at 20.00 hrs WEL R1778 crashed in the North Sea about here due to engine trouble on its way to bomb Hamburg.
AOD has details. This is one of the stories about airmen Rescued by fishermen in the North Sea.

Sergeant (Co-Pilot) Roy St. C. Finch and Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) John W. Lamont got into the dinghy, which was found
on 2 December 1941 at 10.00 hrs by the Danish fishing cutter E 264 »Harmoni« of Esbjerg. On the arrival at Esbjerg they were captured by the
Germans. They got to know a number of German POW Camps.

Sergeant (Pilot) Derek A. Willisson, Sergeant (Observer) Donald E. Williams, Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Kenneth Naylor
and Sergeant (Air Gunner) Leonard G. C. Dimond perished and disappeared in the sea. (Sources: AOD and Lost Bombers)

See Bomber Command No. 101 Squadron * 101 Squadron Association * RAF Brize Norton - 101 Squadron
This Wellington took off from RAF Oakington. Lost Bombers has this. 6 airmen.