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Re: Wellington Crash Photo - Info?
On Lost bombers website
Wellington DV439 Information
Type Wellington Serial Number DV439 Squadron 25OTU X1D PP-H Operation Düsseldorf Date 1 31st July 1942 Date 2 1st August 1942
Further Information
"Serial Range DV411 - DV458. 48 Wellington Mk.1C. Part of a batch of 425 Wellington Mk.1C. DV411-DV458; DV473-DV522; DV536-DV579; DV593-DV624; DV638-DV678; DV694-DV740; DV757-DV786; DV799-DV846; DV864-DV898; DV914-DV953 Mk.1C of which: DV491; DV594; DV617; DV704; DV738; DV761; DV762; DV822; DV886; DV920; DV921; DV924; DV942 converted to Mk.XV1 delivered by Vickers (Chester) between Nov41 and Jun42. T2909 was one of four 25OTU Wellingtons lost on this operation. See: T2909; DV560: DV829. Airborne 2341 31Jul42 from Finningley. Shot down from 13,000 feet by a night-fighter over Tilburg (Noord Brabant), Holland. Sgt Penney is buried in the Canadian plot at Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery. P/O Hamilton was very seriously wounded. P/O P.P.L.E.Welch PoW P/O J.Hamilton PoW Sgt S.Valensky RCAF PoW Sgt D.J.Veasey RCAF PoW Sgt W.F.Penney RCAF KIA P/O J.Hamilton although wounded, was interned in Camp L3, PoW No.597. Sgt S.Valansky in Camps 8B/344, PoW No.24582 with Sgt D.J.Veasey, PoW No.25142. P/O P.P.L.E.Welch in Camps L3/04C. Built "
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