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Wellington III BJ670 ditched in the North Sea on
27/7-1942.
The aircraft belonged to RAF 115 Sqn. Bomber Command and was coded KO-K.
T/O 22:53 Marham. OP: Hamburg.
The Wellington was hit by flak and was forced to ditch some 70 miles from
Helgoland and 50 miles from Norderney at 03:40 hours.
Pilot Sgt Baden B.Fereday.
Observer Sgt “Harry” G.H. Lindley, Wop/Air Gnr. Sgt Glafkos Clerides, Bomb Aimer
Sgt Frank Skelley and Air Gnr. Sgt Kelvin H. Shoesmith RAAF all got out of the
aircraft and floated in their Mae West’s.
Shoesmith had been wounded by a shapel
and soon lapsed into unconsciousness and drifted away from the others. They had
been in the water for close to six hours when Skelley died from exposure.
Shortly afterwards the rest of the crew was picked up by a German DO 24 seaplane
and taken to Norderney. From there they were sent to Dulag Luft at Oberursel for
interrogation and on to Stalag VIIIB/ 344 Lamsdorf.
The body of Skelley was found drifted ashore in Holland and he was laid to rest
in Den Burg, Texel.
On 21/8 Shoesmith was found drifted ashore near Oksby and laid to rest in
Fovrfelt cemetery, Esbjerg on 22/8-1942.
Sources: OLCB, Hans Nauta, Holland, Don Bruce homepage, BCL, BE.
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