Unit: 115 Squadron Royal Air Force (115 Sqn RAF)
Registration: R3202
MSN: KO-J
Fatalities: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Waddenzee near Rottumeroog, Groningen prv Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Marham, Norfolk (KNF/EGYM)
On the night of 2/3 August 1940 Wellington IC R3202 (KO-J of 115 Sq., RAF) took off from RAF Marham, Norfolk at 21:24 hours local time. Their mission was to bomb the oil refinery in Hamburg. The plane ditched at 02:00 local time 100 NM NE of the English Coast. A search was mounted by 3 aircraft from RAF Marham and Coastal Command. But to no effect.
The crew of six consisted of:
P/O Reginald Torrance Gerry, from Canada – KIA
Co-pilot P/O Ronald William Pryor, Observer – KIA
Flight Sergeant Richard James Ruffell - Hazell, DFM, wireless operator – MIA
Air Gunner Sgt Jack Millen Croft – MIA
Air Gunner P/O Sidney Wilde – KIA
Air Gunner Sergeant James Dempsey – KIA
Registration: R3202
MSN: KO-J
Fatalities: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Waddenzee near Rottumeroog, Groningen prv Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Marham, Norfolk (KNF/EGYM)
On the night of 2/3 August 1940 Wellington IC R3202 (KO-J of 115 Sq., RAF) took off from RAF Marham, Norfolk at 21:24 hours local time. Their mission was to bomb the oil refinery in Hamburg. The plane ditched at 02:00 local time 100 NM NE of the English Coast. A search was mounted by 3 aircraft from RAF Marham and Coastal Command. But to no effect.
The crew of six consisted of:
P/O Reginald Torrance Gerry, from Canada – KIA
Co-pilot P/O Ronald William Pryor, Observer – KIA
Flight Sergeant Richard James Ruffell - Hazell, DFM, wireless operator – MIA
Air Gunner Sgt Jack Millen Croft – MIA
Air Gunner P/O Sidney Wilde – KIA
Air Gunner Sergeant James Dempsey – KIA
Unit: 115 Squadron Royal Air Force (115 Sqn RAF)
Registration: R3202
MSN: KO-J
Fatalities: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Waddenzee near Rottumeroog, Groningen prv Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Marham, Norfolk (KNF/EGYM)
On the night of 2/3 August 1940 Wellington IC R3202 (KO-J of 115 Sq., RAF) took off from RAF Marham, Norfolk at 21:24 hours local time. Their mission was to bomb the oil refinery in Hamburg. The plane ditched at 02:00 local time 100 NM NE of the English Coast. A search was mounted by 3 aircraft from RAF Marham and Coastal Command. But to no effect.
The crew of six consisted of:
P/O Reginald Torrance Gerry, from Canada – KIA
Co-pilot P/O Ronald William Pryor, Observer – KIA
Flight Sergeant Richard James Ruffell - Hazell, DFM, wireless operator – MIA
Air Gunner Sgt Jack Millen Croft – MIA
Air Gunner P/O Sidney Wilde – KIA
Air Gunner Sergeant James Dempsey – KIA
Registration: R3202
MSN: KO-J
Fatalities: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Waddenzee near Rottumeroog, Groningen prv Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Marham, Norfolk (KNF/EGYM)
On the night of 2/3 August 1940 Wellington IC R3202 (KO-J of 115 Sq., RAF) took off from RAF Marham, Norfolk at 21:24 hours local time. Their mission was to bomb the oil refinery in Hamburg. The plane ditched at 02:00 local time 100 NM NE of the English Coast. A search was mounted by 3 aircraft from RAF Marham and Coastal Command. But to no effect.
The crew of six consisted of:
P/O Reginald Torrance Gerry, from Canada – KIA
Co-pilot P/O Ronald William Pryor, Observer – KIA
Flight Sergeant Richard James Ruffell - Hazell, DFM, wireless operator – MIA
Air Gunner Sgt Jack Millen Croft – MIA
Air Gunner P/O Sidney Wilde – KIA
Air Gunner Sergeant James Dempsey – KIA
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