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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