Den 27. juli 1942 lettede
WEL BJ670 fra RAF Marham på et bombetogt mod
Hamborg.
I alt mistede denne squadron 4 fly den nat. 2 rapporteret gået i havet. Dette
fly styrtede ned i Nordsøen.
3 overlevende samlet op af tyskerne. Efterfølgende blev de krigsfanger. (Kilde:
p092MACR) De blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.
K. H. Shoesmith blev fundet i Ho Bugt (her)
den 21. august 1942. Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 22. august 1942. (Kilde:
FAF)
Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner)
Frank Skelley, 19 år, var søn af Alfred og Margaret Skelley, Whalley Range,
Manchester, United Kingdom.
Han er begravet på
TEXEL (DEN BURG) CEMETERY i Holland,
grav K, 5. 105.
(Kilde:
CWGC)
1 flyver fra WEL BJ670 blev begravet i Esbjerg og 1 i
HOLLAND. 3 flyvere blev krigsfanger. 5 flyvere.
On 27 July 1942 WEL
BJ670 took off from RAF Marham on a bombing raid targeting
Hamburg.
In all, 4 aircraft lost by squadron that night. 2 reported down in sea. This
plane crashed in the North Sea.
3 survivors picked up by the Germans. POWs subsequently. (Source:
p092MACR) They
were taken to
German POW-Camps.
K. H. Shoesmith was found in the bay Ho Bugt (here)
on 21 August 1942. He was buried in Esbjerg on 22 August 1942. (Source: FAF)
Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner)
Frank Skelley, 19, was the son of Alfred and Margaret Skelley, of Whalley
Range, Manchester, United Kingdom.
He is buried in
TEXEL (DEN BURG) CEMETERY in HOLLAND,
Grave K, 5. 105. (Source:
CWGC)
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 242.
1 airman from WEL BJ670
was buried in Esbjerg, and 1 in HOLLAND. 3 airmen became POWs.
See
Wellington *
No. 115 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia.
Wellington III BJ670 KO-K
took off from
RAF Marham at
22:53 on 26 JUL 1942. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered
has
this including details of the operation.) IBCC:
"403 aircraft sustained 7.2 % losses. - - - 823 houses demolished, over 5000
damaged." See articles about
bombing. 5 airmen.
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