Personnel Index - Detail
Part of the panel at Runnymede
28/29 December, 1941; HÜLS:
At 09.30hrs on the morning of Sunday 28th, Group orders rattled in requesting 20 of the squadron's Hampdens for an attack on the synthetic rubber plant at Hüls. Take-off began at 17.30hrs with all aircraft becoming airborne without any problems. The attack was carried out by 81 Hampdens of 5 Group and the bombing results were reported as good. Group lost 4 Hampden crews from the raid; 2 from 144 Sqdn, 1 from 408 Sqdn, and the fourth was AE419 flown by Sgt Archie Watt and crew. The bodies of this crew have never been recovered and it is believed that the aircraft came down in the sea. Sgt Watt and his crew are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
Hampden AE419 (EA-T)
Sgt A.C. Watt Pilot (Missing)
Sgt E.G. Sawdy Nav/Pilot (Missing)
F/S E.C. Atkinson W/AG (Missing)
Sgt H.W. Wisdom W/OP (Missing)