G. H. Lindley                                                                                           Updated: 04 JAN 2022

Airman: o888589.htm Surname: Lindley Init: G H Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 115

P_link: p092.htm Plane: WEL BJ670 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d270742 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

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 G. H. Lindley var Navigator på WEL BJ670. (Kilde: MACR)
Han blev ført til Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. (Kilde: Air Force PoWs 1939 to 1945)

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 G. H. Lindley was the Navigator of WEL BJ670. (Source: MACR)
He was taken to Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf. (Source: RAF+Commonwealth POWs&Evaders.)

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.