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  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 Glafkos Clerides var Wireless Operator 
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 Glafkos Clerides was the Wireless Operator 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. 
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