Sergeant James Woodhead

Family/Last name:
Woodhead
Forename(s) and initial(s):
James
Nationality:
Service number:
1057378
Rank when captured:
Place of capture:
Quilleboeuf
Date of capture:
4/4/1942
POW number:
24807
Camp
Data sources
The National Archives (UK)Other Sources (Relative Report)

Pilot: 1057378 Sgt James Woodhead POW – Camp 344 Lamsdorf POW Number 24807. 
2nd Pilot: 1380226 Sgt Noel Dennis Catt POW – Camp 344 Lamsdorf POW Number 24817. 
Air Gunner: 626084 Sgt J McG Wintrup. POW – Camp 344 Lamsdorf POW Number 24798.                  Air Gunner: 1111508 Warrant Officer Andrew Hutton POW – Camp 344 Lamsdorf POW Number 24830 Wireless Operator: 1063501 Warrant Officer Donovan Hutchinson POW – Camp 344 Lamsdorf POW number 24832. Navigator: 100048 Pilot Officer D J Perdue Evaded Capture.

 

These men were the aircrew of 12 Squadron Wellington Mk II W5395 shot down over le Havre by a light flak unit the night of 1/2 April 1942. The aircraft crashed on a farm in Ste Opportune la Mere, all the crew bailed out safely landing between Quillebeuf-sur-Seine and Ste Opportune la Mere. Sgt N. D. Catt appears in the attached photo top row 1st on the left and rear gunner Sgt J. Wintrup 2nd row from bottom right hand end.

N D. Catt appears in the attached photo top row 1st on the left and rear gunner J. Wintrup 2nd row from bottom right hand end.

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