HE410 Wellington X HD-T
  
21st January 1943
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  Pilot F/S G Emerson RNZAF - P.O.W.  
         
  2nd Pilot Sgt W R Fisher  
         
  Navigator F/S G G Whitla RNZAF - P.O.W.  
         
  Bomb Aimer Sgt R G Prior - P.O.W.  
         
  Wireless Operator & Air Gunner Sgt W D D Watts - P.O.W.  
          
  Air Gunner Sgt H Hughes RNZAF - P.O.W.  
          
Take off :- 16:40 Base :- RAF Leconfield Mission :- Mining mission to Terschelling
     
Details :- HE410 was hit by flak in the starboard wing which affected the engine and lost height until hitting a telegraph pole near Mantgum before crashing North of Wirdum (Friesland), 5km South South East from the centre of Leeuwarden, Holland at 18:20.
     
  F/S Emerson - PoW number 27449 in camps 8B/344.

Sgt Fisher was on attachment from 196 Squadron and is buried in Leeuwarden Protestant Churchyard.
  F/S Whitla - PoW number 27450 in camps 8B/344.
Sgt Prior - PoW number 42725 in camps 9C/L6/357.
  Sgt Watts - PoW number 27471 in camps 8B/344.
Sgt Hughes - PoW number 27481 in camps 8B/344.
     
    Photo of Sgt W R Fisher kindly donated by Andrew Macdonald
   

 
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