Date:	Monday 18 December 1939
Time:
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk IA
Owner/operator:	37 Sqn RAF
Registration:	N2936
MSN:	LF-J
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	sand dunes of Borkum Island -   Germany
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Wellington N2936 T/o at 09:44 hrs from RAF Feltwell for mission on Wilhelmshaven.
Badly damaged by fighters during raid on Wilhelmshaven. Force landed in Germany, crash landed on the sand dunes of Borkum Island. 18 December 1939. 12 out of 22 Wellingtons shot down on this mission.

Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Herbert Ruse RAF 564378 [PoW]
Observer : Sergeant Thomas William Holley RAF 515110 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Thomas Kevin May RAF 580309 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Corporal Frederick James Taylor RAF 533806 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Leading Aircraftman Harry Arthur Jones RAF 521420 [PoW]

The casualties lie at the Sage War Cemetery, Germany (52.936851 / 8.208500)

1.Air Britain: RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999, published 1991
2.ORB
3.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
4.Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 26

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Jan-2012 11:00	Uli Elch	Added
03-Jan-2021 10:09	Dr.Roup	Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
27-Sep-2024 08:34	Rob Davis	Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]
27-Sep-2024 08:35	Rob Davis	Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]
12-Jul-2025 09:56	MMR	Updated [Cn, Source, ]