Date:	Tuesday 30 April 1940
Time:	night
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk 1a
Owner/operator:	99 Sqn RAF
Registration:	P9276
MSN:	LN-H
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	The Wash, off Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Newmarket, Suffolk
Destination airport:	RAF Newmarket, Suffolk

Narrative:
Vickers Wellington Mk.1a P9276 (LN-H) of 99 Squadron, RAF: Officially listed as "Wellington Ia P9276 failed to return from air operations to attack Stavanger Aerodrome, Norway 30 April 1940". The aircraft left RAF Newmarket at 18:00 on April 29 on a mission to attack Stavanger Aerodrome, Norway, with Kristiansand and Aalborg (Denmark) as secondary targets. The aircraft disappeared into the North Sea. One source (see link #4) claims that P9276 crashed into The Wash off Holbeach, Lincolnshire. All six crew posted as "missing presumed dead", however, all six bodies were recovered, having been washed ashore

Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant John William Lewis Goldie Brent RAF 355953 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer Herbert Gage Muller RAF 39558 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Peter Chris Cunningham RAF 580784 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Aircraftman 1st Class Donald Lilley RAF 631565 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Aircraftman 1st Class Michael John O'Sullivan RAF 621221 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Gerard Arthur Hugh Poole RAFVR 76015 (NCO:746800 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 12 December, 1939) [Killed]

All six crew were buried in six separate locations, but all six were listed as killed in action on May 1 1940 (that is the morning after the operation).

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1979 p 52)
2. National Archvies (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/118: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142006
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-416-wellington-ic-north-sea-6-killed-3
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35503722
5. http://www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk/Casualties/WWIInot/SurnamesM.htm
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2430102/brent,-john-william-lewis-goldie/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2435379/muller,-herbert-gage/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2706362/cunningham,-peter-chris/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2721272/o'sullivan,-michael-john/
10. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2406292/lilley,-donald/
11. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2427365/poole,-gerard-arthur-hugh/
12. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Jun-2019 22:15	Dr. John Smith	Added
12-Jun-2019 12:52	stehlik49	Updated [Operator]
06-Jan-2021 10:45	T.T.Taylor	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, Operator]
30-Apr-2024 06:50	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]