Wellington IC DV892 - The North Sea                                                    Updated: 23 JAN 2022

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777544.htm Ackernley P R P/O RAF 999 p128.htm WEL DV892 Other The North Sea d181242 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a014076.htm Couper F A P/O RAAF 999 p128.htm WEL DV892 Other The North Sea d181242 b180243 c014.htm Esbjerg
e777547.htm Mckenna LEF F/Sgt RNZAF 999 p128.htm WEL DV892 Other The North Sea d181242 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777546.htm McLellan S C P/O RAF 999 p128.htm WEL DV892 Other The North Sea d181242 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e666013.htm Pickles W T P/O RAF 999 p128.htm WEL DV892 Other The North Sea d181242 e666 e666.htm UK
e777543.htm Taylor A F/Sgt RAF 999 p128.htm WEL DV892 Other The North Sea d181242 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777545.htm Williams J F/O RAF 999 p128.htm WEL DV892 Other The North Sea d181242 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


Kl. 14.21 den 18. december 1942 lettede WEL DV892 på en afprøvning af teknisk art - eller et bombetogt til Cloppenburg.
Rapporteret gået i havet ud for Great Yarmouth. Liget af P/O Pickles samlet op af et skib næste dag 11 km sydøst for Lowestoft. (Kilde: p128MACR)  

F. A. Couper drev ind ved Vejers Strand (omkring her) den 15. februar 1943. Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 18. februar 1943. (Kilde: FAF)

1 flyver fra WEL DV892 blev begravet i Esbjerg og 1 i United Kingdom. 5 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 7 flyvere.

At 14:21 on 18 December 1942 WEL DV892 took off from RAF Gransden Lodge on a test flight - or a bombing raid on Cloppenburg. 
Reported down in sea off Great Yarmouth. Body of P/O Pickles picked up next day by boat 7 miles SE of Lowestoft. (Source:  p128MACR)

F. A. Couper was washed ashore on Vejers Strand (about here) on 15 February 1943. He was buried in Esbjerg on 18 February 1943. (Source: FAF)

1 airman from WEL DV892 was buried in Esbjerg and 1 in the United Kingdom. 5 airmen have no known grave.

RAF 1474 Flight Wireless Interception Flight - 999 Squadron to limit the name to 3 digits!  IBCC has operational details at the end of the text about each airman. 
Wellington IC DV892 took off from RAF Binbrook on 17 DEC 1942 targeting Cloppenburg. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) 7 airmen.
IBCC and p128MACR state that it took off from RAF Gransden Lodge - where No. 1474 (Special Duties) Flight RAF was stationed at some point.
On 4 January 1943 it was re-numbered 192 Special Squadron. (Source: Wikipedia.)
Aircrew Remembered has this about an earlier Wireless Interception Flight by WEL DV819, Pilot Sgt Paulton.