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 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)
Sergeant Allan Nicholson, 26 år, var søn
af John og Anne Jane Nicholson; gift med Camillus Nicholson, Coolac, New South
Wales, Australia.
Han er begravet på
KIEL WAR CEMETERY i Tyskland, grav 5. B. 6.
(Kilde:
CWGC)
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.
 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)
Sergeant Allan Nicholson, 26, was the son
of John and Anne Jane Nicholson, and the husband of Camillus Nicholson, of
Coolac, New South Wales, Australia.
He is buried in
KIEL WAR CEMETERY in Germany, Grave 5. B. 6. (Source:
CWGC)
Virtual War Memorial
Australia has
this.
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, Panel 79.
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.
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.
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