Wellington II W5397 - The North Sea                                                     Updated: 07 MAY 2021
 

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777483.htm Harrison H H F/Sgt RCAF 12 p088.htm WEL W5397 Bomb G The North Sea d140742 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777481.htm Reid J G Sgt RAF 12 p088.htm WEL W5397 Bomb G The North Sea d140742 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a070001.htm Shorthouse R F Sgt RAF 12 p088.htm WEL W5397 Bomb G The North Sea d140742 b300942 c070.htm Oksby
e777482.htm Strachan J G Sgt RAF 12 p088.htm WEL W5397 Bomb G The North Sea d140742 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777480.htm Welch D A P/O RAF 12 p088.htm WEL W5397 Bomb G The North Sea d140742 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN

 
Kl. 00.09 den 14. juli 1942 lettede WEL W5397 fra RAF Binbrook på bombetogt mod Duisburg med 2 x 1.000 pund, 2 x 500 pund og 3 x 500 pund bomber.
Flyet gik tabt over havet, formodentligt over Nordsøen. Ingen overlevende. (Kilde: p088MACR)

R. F. Shorthouse blev fundet den 25. september 1942 på østre Oksby strandlen (omkring her). Han blev begravet i Oksby den 30. september 1942. (Kilde: FAF)

4 flyvere fra WEL W5397 har ingen kendt grav.

Airwar over Denmark har mere om dette fly og dets besætning.   Updated:  02 MAR 2026  5 flyvere.

At 00:09 on 14 July 1942 WEL W5397 took off from RAF Binbrook on a bombing raid on Duisburg carrying 2 x 1,000 lb., 2 x 500 lb. and 3 x 500 lb. bombs.
It was lost at sea, North Sea presumed. (Source: p088MACR)

R. F. Shorthouse was found on 25 September 1942 in beach area Oksby east (about here). He was buried in Oksby on 30 September 1942. (Source: FAF)

4 airmen from WEL W5397 have no known grave.

See No. 12 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia and  12 Squadron RAF at RAF-Lincolnshire.info.  Wellington (bomb bay)
Wellington  II W5397 PH- took off from RAF Binbrook at 00:09 on 13 JUL 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)

Airwar over Denmark has more about this plane and its crew.     Updated:  02 MAR 2026   5 airmen.