Re: identify Wellington Bomber Holland
Hello,
Possibility:
Code looks like OT or QT, indicating No.142 Squadron. Looks like port propellor feathered, or not turning, when crash-landed.
12/13 August, 1941
No.142 Sqn.
Wellington II W5433:QT-?
Op: Berlin.
Took off 2046 Binbrook. Last heard on w/t indicating the port engine had failed and the Wellington was being abandoned.
F/L A D Gosman - PoW
F/O J R Gibbon - PoW
F/L R McD Durham - PoW
Sgt L Frith - PoW
Sgt K S Holman - PoW
Sgt J Jackson RNZAF - PoW
See:BCL2/116
Col.
Last edited by Col Bruggy; 14th April 2017 at 17:22.
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