Crew of Wellington Z1145

Wellington Z1145 VR-A set off from Mildenhall for a raid on Hamburg Germany at 1810 hours and was attacked by nightfighter from unknown base or squadron, no claims were made for attack on a Wellington that night. The attack damaged the fuel tanks which caused both engines to fail after the fuel supply was exhausted. At 0210. Wellington Z1145 crashed into the sea off Spurn Head. Two of the crew survived the crash and were pulled from the sea by HMS Goatfell after two hours, then taken to Grimsby Naval Hospital for minor cuts and abrasions P/O Cottier had survived a crash earlier near Buckingham Place

P/O Thomas Cottier

Pilot Officer

Thomas George Cottier

Pilot Age 27
Killed in Action January 16 1942
From Winnipeg Manitoba
Burial New Cemetery Barton-upon Humber, Lincolnshire England

F/S Lloyd Powell

Flight Sergeant

Lloyd Charles Powell

Pilot Age 28
Killed in Action January 16 1942
From Verden Manitoba
Burial St. Mary Churchyard,Brandesburton Yorkshire

P/O Clifford Lomasr

Pilot Officer

Clifford Herbert Lomas

Air Gunner Age 30
Killed in Action January 16 1942
From Toronto Ontario
Remembrance Runnymede Memorial

Sergeant

Thomas Noel Pugh RAF

Wireless Op. Age 22
Killed in Action January 16 1942
From Talgarth, Brecknockshire
Remembrance Runnymede Memorial

Sergeant

J.A.Lucas

Air Gunner 25
Rescued at sea

Sergeant

A.E. Cox

Navigator 25
Rescued at sea