This post is about part of a crew who flew in a Wellington Bomber as part of 612 Squadron and were stationed briefly at Davidstow Moor in April and May 1943. It is a personal post as my late father was part of the crew.
In February 1944 the Squadron was based at Limavady, Northern Ireland. On the night of 10th/11th February dad's plane was flying off of the Western Isles of Scotland. Maxwell Paynter was the pilot, James William McKay the navigator and dad was the wireless operator / air gunner.
Dad glanced out and saw a U-boat quite some distance away. He informed Max and Jimmy, and with the help of a hunter's moon they approached the U-boat. Once over the U-boat the Leigh light was on and they attacked with depth charges. In dad's log book he records that "wreckage was observed, no opposition. Probably 100% kill." Afterwards it was discovered that only one crew member of the U-boat was killed.
For this, another attack on a U-boat and other sorties, both Max and J…
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