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Re: Wellington crashed Wilhelmshaven
Hello,
Have now checked the BCL for 1940/41/42.
R1045 - 149 Sqdn - 21/22 - 2 - 1941- Op Wilhelmshaven.
Lost without trace.
R1608 - 57 Sqdn - Op to Kiel.
Believed crashed in the sea near the target. Crew of 6, 5 were recovered.
Only R18## serial a/c were -
R1804 - 311 Sqdn - 19-7-1941 on Air Test and crashed into a steam roller.
And
R1800 - 101 Sqdn - G1 )2/3-8-1941 "SR-T" Op to Hamburg.
S/d by night fighter(Few. Siegfried Ney,e 4./NJG 1 ) and crashed in the Ijsselmeer.
Two bodies were recovered from the water. The rest have no known graves.
Alex
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