Gordon T. Woodroofe                                                                              Updated: 10 JAN 2019

Airman: o888555.htm Surname: Woodroofe Init: G T Rank: Sgt Service: RNZAF Sqdn: 104

P_link: p046.htm Plane: WEL W5576 Operation: Not DK/G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d110941 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

Kl. 21.30 den 10. september lettede WEL W5576 fra RAF Stradishall med kurs mod Torino (her).

"På returflyvningen gik W5576 ned på Nordsøen kl. 07:20. Omkring en time senere blev besætningen bestående af Pilot S/L D.M. Strong,
Co-pilot Sgt Gordon T. Woodroofe RNZAF, Observer P/O H.T.Beare RCAF, W/Op Sgt N.S. Fisher, W/Op-Air Gnr. Sgt J.A. Chubb og
Air Gnr. Sgt R. Ritson samlet op af en dansk fiskekutter og sejlet til to Esbjerg." (AOD) Se også Reddet af fiskere.

De blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.

Sergeant Gordon T. Woodroofe var Co-pilot på WEL W5576. Han blev ført til 357 Thorn/Fallingbostel. (Kilde: Air Force PoWs 1939 to 1945)

6 flyvere.


At 21.30 hrs. on 10 September 1941 WEL W5576 took off from RAF Stradishall heading for Torino (here).

"On the return flight W5576 ditched in the North sea at 07:20 hours. Approx. one hour later the crew, consisting of Pilot S/L D.M. Strong,
Co-pilot Sgt Gordon T. Woodroofe RNZAF, Observer P/O H.T.Beare RCAF, W/Op Sgt N.S. Fisher, W/Op-Air Gnr. Sgt J.A. Chubb and
Air Gnr. Sgt R. Ritson was picked up by a Danish fishing boat and taken to Esbjerg." (AOD) See also Rescued by fishermen.

They were taken to German POW-Camps.

Sergeant Gordon T. Woodroofe was the Co-pilot of WEL W5576. He was taken to 357 Thorn/Fallingbostel. (Source: Air Force PoWs 1939 to 1945)

See No. 104 Squadron RAF and Vickers Wellington.

Wellington II W5576 EP-N took off from RAF Stradishall at 2130 hours on 10 SEP 1941. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)  

6 airmen.