Date:	Saturday 9 May 1942
Time:	01:16 approx
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk II
Owner/operator:	12 Sqn RAF
Registration:	W5574
MSN:	PH-
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea -   Denmark
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Binbrook - takeoff at 22:14 hrs
Destination airport:	operation - Warnemünde, Germany

Narrative:
A message was received from the aircraft at 0116 hours when over enemy territory stating that the aircraft had developed engine trouble and the Captain was proceeding to the nearest land where he and the crew would bale out. The aircraft’s position had been fixed some 24 minutes previously at 55.30N 08.24E. Nothing further was heard from the aircraft.
The bodies of Sgt’s Nicholson and Hobgen were subsequently washed ashore. Flt Sgt Roddy and Sgt’s Nicholson and Byrne are buried in the Kiel War Cemetery, Kiel,Germany. Sgt Hobgen is buried in the Kirkeby Churchyard, Denmark. The island of Roma is situated off the west coast of Jutland just north of the German frontier. Kirkeby is on the
east side of the island near its southern end. The island is connected by a causeway to the mainland. The nearest railway station is Steaebaek. Sgt’s Millar and Etherington have no known grave and their names are commemorated
on the Runnymede Memorial.

Crew
Pilot: R/78242 Flt Sgt Frederick Duggan Roddy RCAF - Kiel War Cemetery 5. C. 3.
2nd Pilot: 1376697 Sgt Alan J Millar - Runnymede Memorial Panel 89.
Observer:402698 Sgt Allan Nicholson RAAF - Kiel War Cemetery 5. B. 6.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Sgt K E Byrne - Kiel War Cemetery 3. E. 12.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:404621 Sgt J E Hobgen RAAF - Kirkeby Cemetery Romo Island Grave 275.
Air Gunner: 999910 Sgt John R Etherington - Runnymede Memorial Panel 82.

RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS.
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft

26 February 1942	W5440	12 Sqn RAF	6	sea off Schleswig-Holstein		w/o
6 May 1942	Z8495	12 Sqn RAF	5	1.5 km northwest of Reuth, Rheinland-Pfalz		w/o
14 July 1942	W5397	12 Sqn RAF	5	Sea off Oksby		mis
20 July 1942	W5414	12 Sqn RAF	5	Missing		mis

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Dec-2017 22:24	Red Dragon	Added
24-Dec-2017 22:25	Red Dragon	Updated [Source]
24-Dec-2017 22:26	Red Dragon	Updated [Source]
24-Dec-2017 22:42	Red Dragon	Updated [Source]
19-Oct-2018 14:11	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
06-May-2022 09:45	TigerTimon	Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]