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 (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Kenneth Edward Byrne, 27 år, var søn af Patrick J. og Mary C. Byrne, St. John'S, Newfoundland, Canada.
Han er begravet på KIEL WAR CEMETERY i Tyskland, grav 3. E. 12. (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 (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Kenneth Edward Byrne, 27, was the son of Patrick J. and Mary C. Byrne, of St. John'S, Newfoundland, Canada.
He is buried in KIEL WAR CEMETERY in Germany, Grave 3. E. 12. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, Panel 16.

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.