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29 October 1942 Wellington Mk III - Z1738 - KO-M |
Shot down by a fighter and crashed in the North Sea W of Katwijk, Netherlands.
The operation was a failure. These raids were only of nuisance value and losses were always high.Source: 115 Squadron Roll of Honour by D. Bruce, W. R. Chorley, J. G. J. de Haan.
7 Mosquitos to Holland and the German Frisian Islands, 6 Wellingtons on 'roving commissions' of the Ruhr.
6 Mosquitos and 1 Wellington bombed various targets, 3 Wellingtons (115 Squadron) and 2 Mosquitos were lost.
Source: nationalarchives.gov.uk - Bomber Command - Campaign Diary October 1942.
ORB. 29th. Oct., 1942.
Six aircraft (3 from "A" Flight & 3 from "B" flight) took off on daylight operations between the hours of 13.49 and 14.00 to attack target ESSEN
2 aircraft were forced to abandon the sortie owing lack of cloud cover and ice accretion and returned to base early after jettisoning their bombs.
One aircraft (A.B.K.338 - Captain Sgt. McCREA) visually bombed a build up area at WESEL from a height of 13,000 feet.
Burst were seen but cloud then obscured vision making it impossible to observe any further results.
3 aircraft failed to return from operations.
Wellington Mk III BJ660 KO-H, 5 KIA (Captain Sgt. BARKER).
Wellington Mk III X3540 KO-X, 5 KIA (Captain F/S. URWIN).
Wellington Mk III Z1738 KO-M , 5 KIA (Captain P/O. RAWLINGS).
17.40 The remaining 3 aircraft had returned safely to base.
F/O - Service No 116058 - DFC
Age: 22
RAFVR
Son of John Robert and Annie Rawlings, of Sunderland, Co. Durham.
Runnymede Memorial - panel 67
Source: CWGC.
Sgt - Service No 1260396
Age: 22
RAFVR
Son of Henry Alfred and Rosina Emily Merrony, of Hornsey, Middlesex.
Runnymede Memorial - panel 89
Source: CWGC.


Sgt - Service No R79506
Age: 21
RCAF
Son of ,
Husband of (238 Sixteenth, North Vancouver)
Runnymede Memorial - panel 105
Source: CWGC - photo and info via Canadian virtual war memorial.
Sgt - Service No 1151281
Age: 24
RAFVR
Son of Howard and Chryssie Coltman, of Loughborough, Leicestershire.
Runnymede Memorial - panel 80
Source: CWGC.


F/S - Service No R104129
Age: 20
RCAF
Son of Lewis R. and Marguerite D. Rathe.
Runnymede Memorial - panel 106
Source: CWGC - Photo via Canadian virtual war memorial.