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Kl. 14.21 den 18. december 1942 lettede
WEL DV892 på en afprøvning af teknisk art - eller et
bombetogt til Cloppenburg.
Rapporteret
gået i havet ud for Great Yarmouth.
Liget af P/O Pickles samlet op af et skib næste dag 11 km sydøst for
Lowestoft. (Kilde:
p128MACR)
F. A. Couper drev ind ved Vejers Strand (omkring
her) den
15. februar 1943. Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 18. februar 1943. (Kilde: FAF)
Flight Sergeant
Arthur Taylor gjorde tjeneste i
Royal Air Force.
Hans navn er
på Panel 76 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere
end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav.
(Kilde: CWGC)
1 flyver fra WEL DV892
blev begravet i Esbjerg og 1 i United Kingdom. 5 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 7 flyvere.
 At 14:21 on 18 December 1942
WEL DV892 took off from
RAF Gransden
Lodge on a test flight - or a bombing raid on
Cloppenburg.
Reported down in sea off
Great Yarmouth.
Body of P/O Pickles picked up next day by boat 7 miles SE of
Lowestoft. (Source:
p128MACR)
F. A. Couper was washed ashore on Vejers Strand (about
here) on 15
February 1943. He was buried in Esbjerg on 18 February 1943. (Source: FAF)
Flight Sergeant
Arthur Taylor
served in the Royal Air Force.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel
76, 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 104.
1 airman from WEL DV892
was buried in Esbjerg and 1 in the United Kingdom. 5 airmen have no known grave.
RAF 1474 Flight Wireless Interception
Flight - 999 Squadron to limit the name to 3 digits!
IBCC has operational
details at the end of the text about each airman.
Wellington IC DV892
took off from RAF Binbrook on
17 DEC 1942 targeting
Cloppenburg. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered
has this.)
7 airmen.
IBCC and
p128MACR state that it took off from
RAF Gransden
Lodge - where No. 1474 (Special Duties) Flight RAF was stationed at some
point.
On 4 January 1943 it was re-numbered
192 Special
Squadron. (Source: Wikipedia.)
Aircrew Remembered
has
this about an earlier
Wireless
Interception Flight by WEL DV819, Pilot Sgt Paulton.
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