142 Squadron Wellington losses - page under development

The operational history of 142 Squadron will be on-line in due course.  As part of the research into 142 Squadron, the losses of its Wellington aircraft are listed below.  Please contact us if you can add further information, or a relative served on 142 Squadron.  We would like to hear about any 142 Squadron aircraft crash sites that have been found.

28/06/1941
Wellington II W5386 Failed to return from Bremen. The crew are buried in Hamburg cemetery, Ohlsdorf.

13/08/1941
Wellington II W5433 Abandoned over the Netherlands returning from Berlin.  All of the crew were taken prisoner.

10/09/1941
Wellington II W5499 Lost.  No further details.

20/09/1941
Wellington II W5384 Ditched 8 miles E of Orfordness, returning from Stettin. 5 of the crew failed to get to the dinghy and only 1 was rescued.

30/09/1941
Wellington II W5378 Failed to return from Stettin. Shot down near Kiel, where the crew is buried. Site found in Germany

22/10/1941
Wellington IV Z1210 Failed to return from Bremen. Presumed lost over the sea. 4 of the crew are buried in Sage War Cemetery, Oldenburg.

08/11/1941
Wellington IV Z1211 Failed to return from Mannheim. Shot down by Oblt Egmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld of 4./NJG 1. 5 of the crew managed to bale out and were captured before the aircraft crashed into into the sea off Bergen-aan-Zee, Holland. The pilot was lost.

01/12/1941
Wellington IV Z1202 Failed to return from Hamburg. Presumed lost over the sea.
Wellington IV Z1292 Failed to return from Hamburg. The crew are buried in the Kiel War Cemetery. Site found in Germany. Sgt Sumner and some details of the loss

18/01/1942
Wellington IV Z1330 Failed to return from Bremen. Believed to have crashed in the sea off Bridlington, Yorks.

21/01/1942
Wellington IV Z1207 Failed to return from Emden. Presumed lost off the Dutch Friesian Islands, where 2 of the crew are buried.

07/02/1942
Wellington IV Z1247 Failed to return from Brest. Presumed crashed in the sea.

25/03/1942
Wellington IV Z1321 Failed to return from Essen. Shot down by flak and crashed at Vlaadingen, 10 km west of Rotterdam Netherlands.  5 of the crew are buried in Westduin Cemetery.

26/03/1942
Wellington IV Z1283 Failed to return from Essen. Believed to have crashed at Keilerstrasse Oberlohberg Wald NE Dinslaken. The crew are buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

29/03/1942
Wellington IV Z1203 Failed to return from Lubeck. Ran out of fuel and crashed at Mijdrecht, Netherlands. The crew were taken prisoner.
Wellington IV Z1274 Failed to return from Lubeck. The crew is buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Ohlsdorf.

07/04/1942
Wellington IV Z1205 Failed to return from Essen. Shot down by flak over the city and fell in three main sections. The crew are buried at the Rheinberg War Cemetery.

31/05/1942
Wellington IV Z1208 Failed to return from Cologne. The crew are buried at the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Wellington IV Z1209 Failed to return from Cologne. Believed to have been shot down off Vlissingen at 01.16, possibly by Oblt.Wittgenstein of III/NJG 2. The bodies of two of the crew were later recovered from the sea and are buried in Holland and Belgium.

02/06/1942
Wellington IV Z1410 Crashed in forced landing, Thoresby Bridge, Lincs

10/06/1942
Wellington IV Z1261 Hit hangar on take off, Middle Wallop

10/07/1942
Wellington IV Z1324 Failed to return from minelaying

14/07/1942
Wellington IV Z1341 Crashed in forced landing, Scole Road, Diss, Norfolk

22/07/1942
Wellington IV Z1408 Failed to return from Duisberg

26/07/1942
Wellington IV Z1287 Failed to return from Duisberg

27/07/1942
Wellington IV Z1319 Failed to return from Hamburg.  Research into the crash in Germany.
Wellington IV Z1376 Failed to return from Hamburg
Wellington IV Z1461 Failed to return from Hamburg

30/07/1942
Wellington IV Z1316 Failed to return from Saarbrucken

05/08/1942
Wellington IV Z1487 Failed to return from minelaying

28/08/1942
Wellington IV Z1266 Failed to return from Kassel
Wellington IV Z1338 Failed to return from Kassel
Wellington IV Z1396 Failed to return from Kassel
Wellington IV Z1411 Failed to return from Kassel
Wellington IV Z1424 Failed to return from Kassel

02/09/1942
Wellington IV Z1478 Crashed in circuit, Wattisham

03/09/1942
Wellington IV Z1466 Failed to return from Karlsruhe

05/09/1942
Wellington IV Z1214 Failed to return from Bremen

09/09/1942
Wellington IV Z1342 Ditched in English Channel after engine failure, returning from Frankfurt

11/09/1942
Wellington IV Z1477 Failed to return from Dusseldorf

17/09/1942
Wellington III DF550 Failed to return from Essen; shot up by a night fighter; abandoned at 3,000 feet at St. Omer, Pas de Calais; 1 POW, 4 evaded
Wellington IV Z1380 Failed to return from Essen
Wellington IV Z1480 Failed to return from Essen

24/09/1942
Wellington IV Z1219 Failed to return from minelaying

06/10/1942
Wellington III BK281 Crashed at Princetown, Dartmoor, returning from Aachen

14/10/1942
Wellington III BJ653 Failed to return from Keil; a/c borrowed from 12 Sqn

16/10/1942
Wellington III DF642 Hit by flak and crashlanded at Manston
Wellington III X3960 Flew into ground near Ludborough, Lincs

25/10/1942
Wellington III BK385 Failed to return from minelaying
Wellington III X3455 Failed to return from Milan

26/10/1942
Wellington III BK298 Overshot landing and hit hangar, Manston

08/11/1942
Wellington III BK198 Failed to return from minelaying

09/11/1942
Wellington III BJ768 Failed to return from minelaying

10/11/1942
Wellington III BJ711 Failed to return from Hamburg

13/11/1942
Wellington III BK280 Crashed on take-off, Davidstowe Moor

17/11/1942
Wellington III BK278 Failed to return from minelaying

21/11/1942
Wellington III BK536 Failed to return from Turin; abandoned 30km east of Paris; 4 POW, 1 evaded

25/11/1942
Wellington IV Z1243 Stalled after take off and crashed 1/2 mile south west of Grimsby

18/12/1942
Wellington III DF708 Damaged beyond repair in accident

18/01/1943
Wellington III DF732 Damaged by Ju88 over Bizerte and crash landed at Blida

22/02/1943
Wellington III DF691 Failed to return from Bizerte

10/04/1943
Wellington III DF561 Failed to return from Decimomannu

17/04/1943
Wellington III DF696 Failed to return from Tunis

29/04/1943
Wellington III HF702 Engine cut; crashed in forced landing near Blida

30/04/1943
Wellington X HZ102 Crashed on take off, Blida

07/05/1943
Wellington III DF552 Forcelanded on beach in bad weather, Algeria

09/05/1943
Wellington III DF731 Engine cut; abandoned near Montcalm

10/05/1943
Wellington III HZ200 Engine cut; abandoned near Montcalm returning from Palermo

16/05/1943
Wellington III DF697 Failed to return from Trapani
Wellington III DF709 Failed to return from Trapani

21/06/1943
Wellington X HZ311 Engine cut 6m NE Ras Mustapha

05/07/1943
Wellington III DF629 Failed to return from Catania, after an engine failed an hour after take off

06/07/1943
Wellington X HE760 Failed to return - not listed in ORB, so needs confirmation

07/07/1943
Wellington X HE333 Failed to return from Palermo

17/07/1943
Wellington X HE600 Failed to return from Naples

22/07/1943
Wellington X HZ353 Failed to return from Capodichino (Naples)

06/08/1943
Wellington X HE629 Failed to return from Cap Peloro

07/08/1943
Wellington X HF763 Failed to return from Messina

09/08/1943
Wellington X HE586 Ran out of fuel returning from Cap Peloro and abandoned 15m S of Cap Serrat

12/08/1943
Wellington X HE437 Ditched returning from Messina

16/08/1943
Wellington X HE266 Failed to return from Viterbo landing ground - believed to have exploded over the sea.  The crew are listed on the Malta Memorial.

09/09/1943
Wellington III DF551 Ditched on ferry flight, 80 miles north of Bizerte

23/09/1943
Wellington X HE972 Ditched off Sicily

13/10/1943
Wellington X HE216 Undercarriage collapsed on landing at Kairouan

21/10/1943
Wellington X LN350 Failed to return from Furbara airfield

24/11/1943
Wellington X HZ305 Engine cut; crashed near Borgo, Corsica

25/11/1943
Wellington X HE929 Failed to return (from Turin)
Wellington III HF694 Failed to return from Turin
Wellington X LN466 Failed to return from Turin
Wellington X LN566 Failed to return from Turin

30/11/1943
Wellington III DF695 Caught fire on ground, Oudna

02/12/1943
Wellington X JA137 Failed to return from from leaflet drop over battle area; believed collided with Beaufighter V8843, NNE Bizerte

08/02/1944
Wellington III DF703 Damaged beyond repair in accident

25/02/1944
Wellington X HE584 was abandoned over Corsica, returning from Steyr
Wellington X HE815 Crashed 6 miles north of Avino, Italy, returning from Steyr
Wellington X HF537 Crashed at Castel Nuovo, Italy, returning from Steyr

16/03/1944
Wellington III HF764 Hit hills 20m W of Foggia returning from Sofia
Wellington X LP119 Abandoned near Taranto on return from Sofia

17/04/1944
Wellington X HZ135 Crashlanded at Amendola on return from Budapest
Wellington X JA127 Failed to return from Budapest
Wellington X LN503 Failed to return from Budapest

21/04/1944
Wellington X LN848 Failed to return from Genoa

22/04/1944
Wellington X ME873 Failed to return from Genoa

08/05/1944
Wellington X MF198 Failed to return from Bucharest

30/05/1944
Wellington X LN318 Failed to return from Feuersbrunn airfield

09/06/1944
Wellington X LP125 Ditched 20 miles north of Biferno en route to Trieste

14/06/1944
Wellington X LN700 Failed to return from Munich

26/06/1944
Wellington X LN748 Failed to return from Budapest

14/07/1944
Wellington X HE293 Failed to return from Milan/ Lambrate
Wellington X MF120 Failed to return from Milan/ Lambrate

22/07/1944
Wellington X LN808 Failed to return from Pardubice

08/08/1944
Wellington X LP233 Failed to return from Szombathely

09/08/1944
Wellington X LN857 Failed to return from Ploesti
Wellington X LP189 Failed to return from Ploesti

10/08/1944
Wellington X LP540 Failed to return from Ploesti

20/08/1944
Wellington X LP213 Crashed on take off, Regina

21/08/1944
Wellington X LP245 Failed to return from St. Valentin

03/09/1944
Wellington X MF631 Failed to return from Ferrara

18/09/1944
Wellington X MF249 Failed to return from Brescia

14/12/1944
Wellington X MF423 Overshot landing at Araxos; abandoned & captured by communist guerrillas

Research is continuing. We hope to add crew names shortly. If you can help, or a relative was in 142 Squadron, please contact us.