AX 09 SIS Operation SERPENS / VEGA III
Beskrivelse
SIS operation - signal: NA
EUREKA: NA
GEE: NA
CON PAK M HD CRS SPD LAND . MERKNAD
- -:- MIA
Squad: RAF 161
1. F/O Herbert lloyd Wynne Halifax V DG244 MA-Y
Out: 20:00 DROP MIA
F/O Herbert lloyd Wynne Pilot
F/Sgt Raymond Robert Seppings Rolfe 2*" Pilot
P/O Thomas William Challoner Rear Gunner
Sgt Thomas Bell Colwell Engineer
Sgt Eric William Foster Dispatcher
F/O William Harry Franklin Navigator
Sgt James Cornelius Insole Wireless Op
19/3-1943
The Halifaxes were also operating and No 161 Squadron sent DG244 Y to Norway, but it failed to retum and nothing further was heard of F/0 Wynne and his crew.
Page 77 Flights of the Forgotten
AIR-27-1068-1_2 p17
Aircraft lost on Allied Force’s Special Duty Operations p. 78
Shot down by Lt. Werner Speidel of the 10./NJG 3, flying a Ju 88 night fighter from Aalborg-West airfield.
The aircraft was on a SIS (Secret Intelligence Service) operation to Norway, a supply drop in the area of Notodden.
Location: Sea 30 km northwest of Skagen - Denmark
Til Sted
| Tittel | Lenke |
|---|---|
| Larvik | Se mer |
Fra Base
| Tittel | Lenke |
|---|---|
| RAF Tempsford | Se mer |
Deltakere
| Navn | Lenke |
|---|---|
| F/O Herbert Lloyd Wynne ✝ | Se mer |
Transportmiddel
| Navn | Lenke |
|---|---|
| Handley Page Halifax V DG244 MA-Y ✬ ✝ | Se mer |
Galleri
Nyttige lenker
| Tittel | Lenke |
|---|---|
| Aicrew Lost DG244 | Se mer |
| DG 244 shot down | Se mer |
