Aircraft:
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
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
GERRY
Co-pilot P/O Ronald William Pryor, Observer – KIA
PRYOR
Flight Sergeant Richard James Ruffell - Hazell, DFM, wireless operator – MIA
RUFFELLHAZELL
Air Gunner Sgt Jack Millen Croft – MIA
CROFT
Air Gunner P/O Sidney Wilde – KIA
WILDE
Air Gunner Sergeant James Dempsey – KIA
DEMPSEY
All were KIA (Killed in Action), but two remain MIA (Missing In Action). Sgt. Dempsey's body was found at sea on 23 August 1940 and buried at Delfzijl General Cemetery. P/O Wilde is also buried in Delfzijl. P/O Pryor, who was found three days earlier, is buried in Uithuizen. P/O Gerry washed ashore the same day Sgt. Dempsey was found at sea. He is buried in Oldebroek General Cemetery. The bodies of the other two crew were never found.
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
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
GERRY
Co-pilot P/O Ronald William Pryor, Observer – KIA
PRYOR
Flight Sergeant Richard James Ruffell - Hazell, DFM, wireless operator – MIA
RUFFELLHAZELL
Air Gunner Sgt Jack Millen Croft – MIA
CROFT
Air Gunner P/O Sidney Wilde – KIA
WILDE
Air Gunner Sergeant James Dempsey – KIA
DEMPSEY
All were KIA (Killed in Action), but two remain MIA (Missing In Action). Sgt. Dempsey's body was found at sea on 23 August 1940 and buried at Delfzijl General Cemetery. P/O Wilde is also buried in Delfzijl. P/O Pryor, who was found three days earlier, is buried in Uithuizen. P/O Gerry washed ashore the same day Sgt. Dempsey was found at sea. He is buried in Oldebroek General Cemetery. The bodies of the other two crew were never found.
Aircraft:
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
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
GERRY
Co-pilot P/O Ronald William Pryor, Observer – KIA
PRYOR
Flight Sergeant Richard James Ruffell - Hazell, DFM, wireless operator – MIA
RUFFELLHAZELL
Air Gunner Sgt Jack Millen Croft – MIA
CROFT
Air Gunner P/O Sidney Wilde – KIA
WILDE
Air Gunner Sergeant James Dempsey – KIA
DEMPSEY
All were KIA (Killed in Action), but two remain MIA (Missing In Action). Sgt. Dempsey's body was found at sea on 23 August 1940 and buried at Delfzijl General Cemetery. P/O Wilde is also buried in Delfzijl. P/O Pryor, who was found three days earlier, is buried in Uithuizen. P/O Gerry washed ashore the same day Sgt. Dempsey was found at sea. He is buried in Oldebroek General Cemetery. The bodies of the other two crew were never found.
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
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
GERRY
Co-pilot P/O Ronald William Pryor, Observer – KIA
PRYOR
Flight Sergeant Richard James Ruffell - Hazell, DFM, wireless operator – MIA
RUFFELLHAZELL
Air Gunner Sgt Jack Millen Croft – MIA
CROFT
Air Gunner P/O Sidney Wilde – KIA
WILDE
Air Gunner Sergeant James Dempsey – KIA
DEMPSEY
All were KIA (Killed in Action), but two remain MIA (Missing In Action). Sgt. Dempsey's body was found at sea on 23 August 1940 and buried at Delfzijl General Cemetery. P/O Wilde is also buried in Delfzijl. P/O Pryor, who was found three days earlier, is buried in Uithuizen. P/O Gerry washed ashore the same day Sgt. Dempsey was found at sea. He is buried in Oldebroek General Cemetery. The bodies of the other two crew were never found.
Inscription
Royal Air Force
Gravesite Details
359517
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Records on Ancestry
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Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966
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1911 England Census
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UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
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England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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