Wellington IC  HE116 - The North Sea                                                   Updated: 07 MAY 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777521.htm Davies S Sgt RAF 999 p107.htm WEL HE116 Bomb G The North Sea d140942 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777520.htm Hancock B L Sgt RAF 999 p107.htm WEL HE116 Bomb G The North Sea d140942 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777519.htm Holub M P/O RCAF 999 p107.htm WEL HE116 Bomb G The North Sea d140942 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e555009.htm Pedersen W F/Sgt RCAF 999 p107.htm WEL HE116 Bomb G The North Sea d140942 e555 e555.htm HOLLAND
e555010.htm Plowright RSC Sgt RAF 999 p107.htm WEL HE116 Bomb G The North Sea d140942 e555 e555.htm HOLLAND
a014057.htm Stay R F Sgt RAF 999 p107.htm WEL HE116 Bomb G The North Sea d140942 b201042 c014.htm Esbjerg


Kl. 23.40 den 13. september 1942 lettede  WEL HE116 fra RAF Edgehill på et bombetogt mod Bremen.
Flyet gik tabt i havet, antageligt i Nordsøen. Der var ingen overlevende. (Kilde: p107MACR)

R. F. Stay blev begravet i Esbjerg den 20. oktober 1942. (Kilde: FAF)

1 flyver fra WEL HE116 blev begravet i Esbjerg og 2 i HOLLAND. 3 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.

6  flyvere.

 At 23.40 on 13 September 1942 WEL HE116 took off from RAF Edgehill on a bombing raid targeting Bremen.
The plane was lost at sea, North Sea presumed. There were no survivors. (Source: p107MACR)

R. F. Stay was buried in Esbjerg on 20 October 1942. (Source: FAF)

1 airman from WEL HE116 was buried in Esbjerg and 2 in HOLLAND. 3 airmen have no known grave.

999 Squadron? RAF 21 OTU! See List of OTUs.

"No. 21 OTU was formed in January 1941 at RAF Moreton-in-Marsh to train night bomber crews using the Vickers Wellington.
In 1942 it carried out a number of operational sorties." (Wikipedia)
Wellington HE116 -B took off from RAF Edgehill at 23.40 hrs on 13 SEP 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)

6 airmen.