RAF VR102 Squadron Topcliffe Service Number 905091.
Attack on Hanover 14th August 1941 - Whitley V Z6829
18 Whitley Aircraft were detailed to attack the Hanover factory district, 3 aircraft failed to return.
Sgt Gerald Keith Powell - Pilot - Aged 21 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt F W Penn - POW
P/O Wada Wellesley Bell-Towers - RAAF - Obs - Aged 32 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Louis Edward (Ted) David Lindsay - WOp - Aged 21 - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Richard Thomas Philp - AG - KIA - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Tom A Vermiglio - POW
There aircraft was shot down by a night fighter (Ofw Paul Gildner.4./NJG1) and crashed in the Waddenzee.
Sgts Penn and Vermiglio became PoWs the other crew members having been KIA.
Those who were killed are buried on the island in West Terschelling General Cemetery.
Ted was aged 21 having been born in June 1920, my memories of him are vague as I was only 8 years old at the time of his death, he was the eldest of a family of 5 all now dead so as far as I am aware I am his only living relative, I have no idea were or when he enlisted.
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