10 January 1942 – 12 Squadron RAF Binbrook – Vickers Wellington II – W5611 – F/S C F O'Connell – Ops Wilhelmshaven
Location – 1 mile east of Brumby, Scunthorpe
Took off from Binbrook for ops to Wilhelmshaven at 1803 Crashed on return 1 mile east of Brumby. The 2 injured survivors were taken to Scunthorpe hospital. The cause of the crash was attributed to failure of the port engine followed by a rapid loss of height.
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F/S Carroll Frederick O'Connell RNZAF – Pilot – 23 – 12 Sqn - Son of Charles Underwood O'Connell and Daisy O'Connell, of Tahunanui, Nelson, New Zealand – Binbrook St Mary Churchyard, Lincolnshire
Sgt David Addamson Laing RAF – Pilot – 28 – 12 Sqn - Son of John and Mary Adamson Laing, of Beath; nephew of George Laing, of Cowdenbeath – Beath Old Cemetery, Fifeshire.
P/O H A Stickings – Injured.
Sgt C C McAllister – Injured.
Sgt Thomas Alfred Delaney RAFVR – Wireless Operator / Air Gunner – 12 Sqn - Son of James Patrick and Mary Delaney, of Ballymena – Ballymena New Cemetery, County Antrim.
F/S Ernest Albert Parsons RCAF ( pictured below ) – Air Gunner – 20 – 12 Sqn - Son of Samuel and Lily Parsons, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada - Binbrook St Mary Churchyard, Lincolnshire
F/S Ernest Albert Parsons RCAF
Above - Parsons and O’Connell graves at Binbrook
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On the night of the 10/11th January 1942 124 aircraft from Bomber Command with 10 from 12 Sqn to attack Wilhelmshaven. Conditions were difficult and results disappointing. The opposition consisted of intense heavy and light flak co-operating with searchlights. Local records record only a light raid with little damage and only 6 injured. Some aircraft bombed alternative targets in the general area. 3 Wellingtons ( 2 of which crashed in the UK on return ) and 2 Hampdens were lost. Returning bombers encountered fog around Lincolnshire and were diverted to airfields further south.
Compiled and written by David Fell with photos from my archive and the Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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