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| Date: | Monday 27 July 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ670 |
| MSN: | KO-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 10 km N of Schiermonnikoog, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 22:53 hrs for an operation to Hamburg in Germany.
The aircraft was hit by Flak over the target and attacked by a night fighter; ditched in the North Sea.
Sgt Lindley later reported “On returning from Hamburg we had to land in the sea and owing to the failure of the dinghy to operate, were floating in the sea on Mae West's. Sgt Shoesmith who had been wounded by Flak died through exposure and drowning.”
Pilot:1312583 Sgt Baden B Feraday PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25062
Observer:1381249 Sgt G Harry Lindley PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25063
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:924202 Sgt Glafkos Clerides MiD PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 27163.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1071281 Sgt Frank Skelley - Texel (Den Burg) Cemetery Plot K. Row 5. Grave 105. (Washed up pole 24 Texel on 6 August 1942).
Air Gunner: Aus/403655 Sgt Kelvin Hewer Shoesmith RAAF - Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery AIII. 10. 18. (His body was recovered in Oksby, Denmark on 21 August 1942).
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1717
https://www.raf.mod.uk/rafmarham/aboutus/memory7.cfm
115 Squadron Association
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Aug-2017 17:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Nov-2017 07:29 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 21-Feb-2018 19:09 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 11-May-2020 17:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2022 00:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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