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#	Name* SORT (↑)	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Notes
1	Osborne	Derek Oscar	Flying Officer	64303	Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	150Sqn	1942-06-27	Wellington	III	X3309	JN-N	RAF Snaith	2315	Bremen	Shot down over the Ijsselmeer, east of Enkhuizen, by the German night-fighter pilot Uffz. Heinz Vinke See archive report for details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 67	Read Archive Report Attacker Heinz Vinke Wellington X3309, piloted by Flying Officer D. O. Osborne, was shot down over the Ijsselmeer, east of Enkhuizen, by the German night-fighter pilot Uffz. Heinz Vinke whilst on a raid to Bremen on 27-28 June 1942. All the crew were killed.
2	James	Iestyn	Sergeant	1381676	W/Op/Air/Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	150Sqn	1942-06-27	Wellington	III	X3309	JN-N	RAF Snaith	2315	Bremen	Shot down over the Ijsselmeer, east of Enkhuizen, by the German night-fighter pilot Uffz. Heinz Vinke See archive report for details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 86	Read Archive Report Attacker Heinz Vinke Wellington X3309, piloted by Flying Officer D. O. Osborne, was shot down over the Ijsselmeer, east of Enkhuizen, by the German night-fighter pilot Uffz. Heinz Vinke whilst on a raid to Bremen on 27-28 June 1942. All the crew were killed.
3	Dye	Leslie Richard	Sergeant	1283349	W/Op/Air/Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	150Sqn	1942-06-27	Wellington	III	X3309	JN-N	RAF Snaith	2315	Bremen	Shot down over the Ijsselmeer, east of Enkhuizen, by the German night-fighter pilot Uffz. Heinz Vinke See archive report for details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 82	Read Archive Report Attacker Heinz Vinke Wellington X3309, piloted by Flying Officer D. O. Osborne, was shot down over the Ijsselmeer, east of Enkhuizen, by the German night-fighter pilot Uffz. Heinz Vinke whilst on a raid to Bremen on 27-28 June 1942. All the crew were killed. dyex
4	Cobden	Gerald Thomas	Flight Sergeant	984803	Observer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	150Sqn	1942-06-27	Wellington	III	X3309	JN-N	RAF Snaith	2315	Bremen	Shot down over the Ijsselmeer, east of Enkhuizen, by the German night-fighter pilot Uffz. Heinz Vinke See archive report for details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 73	Read Archive Report Attacker Heinz Vinke Wellington X3309, piloted by Flying Officer D. O. Osborne, was shot down over the Ijsselmeer, east of Enkhuizen, by the German night-fighter pilot Uffz. Heinz Vinke whilst on a raid to Bremen on 27-28 June 1942. All the crew were killed.
5	Adams	Desire Ernest Charles	Flight Sergeant	1377699	Air Gunner	1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45	RAFVR	Bomber Command	150Sqn	1942-06-27	Wellington	III	X3309	JN-N	RAF Snaith	2315	Bremen	Shot down over the Ijsselmeer, east of Enkhuizen, by the German night-fighter pilot Uffz. Heinz Vinke See archive report for details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 73	Read Archive Report He took part in his first operational sortie on 15 November 1941, where his pilot was the New Zealander Sergeant Gordon Cochrane, who ultimately ended the War with the DSO and DFC with Two Bars. From 15 November 1941 to 20 June 1942 Adams took part in 26 sorties with Cochrane as pilot including a raid on Hamburg on 30 November 1941, when their aircraft was ‘attacked over target area by a He113, attack came at the rear of the aircraft but the attacker was hit with 300 round burst from Wellington front gunner as he exited from his attack. Fuel tank holed and several geodetics were severed. The aircraft was then held in a searchlight cone for ten minutes over the target and 'pounded' by flak. The pilot dived the aircraft right and down to 4,000 feet to shake off the attack’. They also participated in attacks on the German battleships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen in Brest and during the famous Channel dash. Other sorties included Bremen, Munster, St Nazaire, Dortmund, Paris, Cologne, and four attacks on the Krupps Works at Essen. On 1-2 June 1942 they took part in the second Thousand Bomber Raid on Essen. Cochrane completed his tour and moved to training in late June. Flight Officer Osbourne took over as the new crew pilot. They continued with a raid on Emden then the third Thousand Bomber Raid on Bremen on 25-26 June 1942. Adams was killed in action on his 29th sortie when Wellington X3309, piloted by Flying Officer D. O. Osborne, was shot down over the Ijsselmeer, east of Enkhuizen, by the German night-fighter pilot Uffz. Heinz Vinke whilst on a raid to Bremen on 27-28 June 1942. All the crew were killed. Adams is commemorated with the rest of his crew on the Runnymede Memorial. His medals were sent to his father, Louis Adams. 33 Albert Palace Mansions, Battersea Park, London SW11 Attacker Heinz Vinke

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