Den 18. august 1942 styrtede WEL Z8538 i Nordsøen. Hele besætningen omkom.

Dette fly lettede fra RAF Binbrook kl. 20.35 den 18. august 1942 med brandbomber og brochurer. Mål: Flensborg.
Gået tabt i havet. (Kilde: p100MACR)

Pilot Officer Douglas William Rowe, 27 år, var søn af William og Lillian Rowe, Wembley, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 71 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
Han var Pilot på WEL Z8538. (Kilde: MACR - blanket om savnet besætning)

1 flyver fra WEL Z8538 blev begravet i Frederikshavn og 2 i Öckerö, Sverige. 2 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 5 flyvere.

On 18 August 1942  WEL Z8538 crashed into the North Sea. All of the crew perished.

This bomber took off from RAF Binbrook at 2035 hrs. on 18 August 1942 with incendiaries and leaflets targeting Flensburg.
Lost at sea. (Source: p100MACR)

Pilot Officer Douglas William Rowe, 27, was the son of William and Lillian Rowe, of Wembley, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 71, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, Panel 92. 

He was the Pilot of WEL Z8538. (Source: MACR - Missing Air Crew Report)

1 airman from WEL Z8538 was buried in Frederikshavn and 2 in Öckerö, SWEDEN. 2 airmen have no known grave.

See No. 12 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * 12 Squadron RAFA * 12 Squadron RAF at RAF-Lincolnshire.info. Vickers Wellington - Tangmere * Vickers Wellington
Wellington II Z8538 PH-O took off from RAF Binbrook at 20:35 on 18 AUG 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) 5 airmen.