Wellington III BJ840 - 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
a045009.htm Bray J T F/Sgt RAAF 156 p093.htm WEL BJ840 Bomb G The North Sea d290742 b160842 c045.htm Kirkeby
e777492.htm Duthie J Sgt RAF 156 p093.htm WEL BJ840 Bomb G The North Sea d290742 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777490.htm Evans W D Sgt RAF 156 p093.htm WEL BJ840 Bomb G The North Sea d290742 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777489.htm Hudock J G F/Lt RCAF 156 p093.htm WEL BJ840 Bomb G The North Sea d290742 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777488.htm Price H L W/C RAF 156 p093.htm WEL BJ840 Bomb G The North Sea d290742 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777491.htm Walsh M W Sgt RAF 156 p093.htm WEL BJ840 Bomb G The North Sea d290742 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


Kl. 23.01 den 28. juli 1942 lettede WEL BJ840 fra RAF Alconbury på et bombeangreb mod Hamburg. Flyet medbragte 1 x 4,000 HC bombe.
Flyet styrtede i Nordsøen. Ingen overlevende. (Kilde: p093MACR)

Den 16. august 1942 begravede feltpræst dr. Hölger, Sild (her), en ukendt flyver, senere identificeret som J. T. Bray. (Kilde: FAF)

1 flyver fra WEL BJ840 blev begravet på Kirkeby Kirkegård. 5 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.

6 flyvere.


At 23.01 hrs. on 28 July 1942 WEL BJ840 took off from RAF Alconbury on a bombing raid targeting Hamburg. A/c carried 1 x 4,000 HC bomb.
The plane crashed in the North Sea. No survivors. (Source: p093MACR)

On 16 August 1942 Army Chaplain Dr. Hölger, Sylt (here), buried an unknown airman, later identified as J. T. Bray. (Source: FAF)

1 airman of WEL BJ840 was buried in Kirkeby Churchyard. 5 airmen have no known graves.

See No. 156 Squadron RAF (Wikipedia)*156 Squadron RAF*No. 156 Squadron Association*156 Squadron Pathfinder Force* Wellington
Wellington III BJ840 GT- took off from RAF Alconbury at 23.01 hrs on 28 JUL 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)
6 airmen.