Wellington Mk.IV Z1381 UV-H - Hoogstede, Germany - Plane Crash Sites on Waymarking.com

Flight Sergeant Arthur Maxwell Johnston (visit link)
Sergeant Darryl R. Downing (visit link)
Sergeant Maxwell Joseph Andrew ‘Max’ Wyllie (visit link)
Sergeant David August ‘Dave’ Radke
Sergeant William James Taylor (visit link)
Sergeant William Gerald Reed (DCM)
Wellington Mk.IV Z1381 UV-H (visit link)
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The memorial on this crash site reads:

"In the night of July 2 and 3 1942, the British Royal Air Force flew
a mission to Bremen with 325 bombers. More than 1000 houses were hit. The bombers flew over Grafschaft Bentheim.

A Wellington bomber was intercepted by a German night fighter, which attacked the bomber and shot it down.

The chronicle of Hoogstede states that the bomber was completely destroyed and that 3 crew members were found dead in the village together with the debris of the plane. The 3 survivors were captured.
Sergeant Maxwell Wyllie was shot dead during an escape attempt in 1943. Sergeant William Reed managed to escape and reached Sweden. The three casualties were buried as unknowns in the cemetery in Lingen and were reburied in 1947 in the Re- ichswald war cemetery near Kleve."

Web Address for Related Web Sites: [Web Link] Date of Crash: 07/02/1942 Aircraft Model: Wellington Mk.IV - Z1381 UV-H Military or Civilian: Military Cause of Crash: Wellington IV Z1381 along with seventeen other Wellingtons from the Squadron departed RAF Breighton commencing at 23:16 hrs to bomb Bremen. Z1381 was one of two aircraft that failed to return from this mission. After a successful mission, they were unfortunately shot down on the way back by a German Messerschmitt Bf 110E-2, recognition code D5+HH. Tail Number: Not listed

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