Photos 11-15, part one

[markjsheppard]

IJsselmeer Wellington

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Thanks to Missing Bombers web site. Looks like photos are after recovery.

Type Wellington Serial Number BJ661 Squadron 75 X1D AA-? Operation Hamburg Date 1 28th July 1942 Date 2 29th July 1942
Further Information

"Serial Range BJ642 - BK675. 34 Wellington Mk.111. Part of a batch of 600 Wellington Mk.111. BJ581-BJ625; BJ642-BJ675; BJ688-BJ730; BJ753-BJ801; BJ818-BJ847; BJ876-BJ922; BJ958-BJ991; BK123-BK166; BK179-BK214; BK234-BK281; BK295-BK315; BK330-BK368; BK385-BK408; BK426-BK471; BK489-BK517; BK534-BK564 Mk.111 delivered by Vickers (Chester) between May42 and Dec42 BJ661 was one of six No.75 Sqdn Wellingtons lost on this operation. See: X3452; X3558; X3664; Z1570; BJ599. Airborne from Feltwell. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 0305 29Jul42 into the IJsselmeer. Two of those killed are buried in Amsterdam at the New Eastern Cemetery; Sgt Titcomb is buried in Harderwijk General Cemetery. F/S J.E.Gilbertson RNZAF KIA F/S M.J.Byrne RNZAF KIA Sgt R.P.Callahan RNZAF PoW Sgt A.W.Rutherford RNZAF PoW Sgt W.A.Titcomb KIA Sgt R.P.Callahan RNZAF was interned in Camps 8B.344. PoW No.25141 with Sgt A.W.Rutherford, PoW No.25149. "

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MS