Wellington II W5574 - The North Sea                                                    Updated: 12 APR 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e444035.htm Byrne K E Sgt RAF 12 p075.htm WEL W5574 Bomb G The North Sea d090542 e444 e444.htm GERMANY
e777954.htm Etherington J R Sgt RAF 12 p075.htm WEL W5574 Bomb G The North Sea d090542 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a045006.htm Hobgen J E Sgt RAAF 12 p075.htm WEL W5574 Bomb G The North Sea d090542 b141042 c045.htm Kirkeby
e777472.htm Millar A J Sgt RAF 12 p075.htm WEL W5574 Bomb G The North Sea d090542 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e444033.htm Nicholson A Sgt RAAF 12 p075.htm WEL W5574 Bomb G The North Sea d090542 e444 e444.htm GERMANY
e444034.htm Roddy F F/Sgt RCAF 12 p075.htm WEL W5574 Bomb G The North Sea d090542 e444 e444.htm GERMANY

 
Kl. 22.14 den 8. maj 1942 lettede WEL W5574 fra RAF Binbrook på bombetogt mod Heinkel-flyfabrikkerne i Warnemünde. (Kilde: p075MACR)
Kl. 01.16 meddelte flyet til basen, at der var opstået motorvanskeligheder. Derefter kom der ikke flere meldinger fra flyet, der må være styrtet i havet.
Ingen overlevende. (Kilde: FAF)

Den 12. oktober 1942 blev J. E. Hobgen fundet drevet ind på Rømø (måske omkring her). Den tyske feltpræst Bukin fra Sild forrettede begravelsen
den 14. oktober 1942 på Kirkeby Kirkegård.

1 flyver fra WEL W5574 blev begravet i Kirkeby og 3 i Kiel i Tyskland. 2 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 6 flyvere. e777954.htm fundet og tilføjet 24 MAR 2021.
 

At 22.14 hrs. on 8 May 1942 WEL W5574 took off from RAF Binbrook on a bombing raid targeting the Heinkel Works in Warnemünde. (Source: p075MACR)
At 01.16 hrs. it reported engine troubles to the base. No further reports were received. The plane must have crashed in the North Sea. No survivors. (Source: FAF)

On 12 October 1942 J. E. Hobgen was found washed ashore on Rømø (maybe about here). The German Army Chaplain Bukin, Sylt, officiated at the graveside
ceremony on 14 October 1942 in Kirkeby Churchyard.

1 airman from WEL W5574 was buried in Kirkeby and 3 in Kiel in GERMANY. 2 airmen have no known grave. e777954.htm found and added 24 MAR 2021.

See No. 12 Squadron RAF (Wikipedia) and  12 Squadron RAF at RAF-Lincolnshire.info. Also Wellington  (bomb bay)
Wellington  II W5574 PH- took off from RAF Binbrook at 22.14 hrs on 08 MAY 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this)

6 airmen.