INFORMATION TAKEN FROM WWW.CWGC.ORG.UK
Rank:Sergeant
Service No:640148
Date of Death:14/10/1941
Age:19
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force 42 Sqdn.
Panel Reference:Panel 41.Memorial:RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Additional Information:Son of Kenneth Erskine Wormull Credland and Alice Credland, of Merton Park, Surrey.
Alan Raymond Credland was a Sgt.in the RAF.He served with 42 Squadron at Wick and later at Leuchars in Scotland.The Squadron role was Coastal Command with duties including Convoy protection off the East Coast of the UK and shipping strikes at enemy shipping.He was the youngest member of the crew of Aircraft Beaufort AW-N N1163 whose Pilot was W/O James Edwin Woodward.
Events of Tuesday 14th October 1941
THE CREW.
R.A.F.WARRANT OFFICER. JAMES EDWIN WOODWARD. 515054. PILOT. AGE 28.
R.A.F.V.R. FLIGHT SGT. KENNETH PERCY JOHN FULLAGAR. 903434. AIR GUNNER. AGE 24.
R.A.F.V.R. FLIGHT SGT. LESLIE THOMAS POWLES. 751356. AGE 20.
R.A.F. SGT. ALAN RAYMOND CREDLAND. 640148. AGE 19.
THE AIRCRAFT.
BRISTOL BEAUFORT MK.1
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AW-N. N1163
THE MISSION.
TAKE OFF TIME 15.25 HRS FROM RAF LEUCHARS.
TARGET; SHIPPING STRIKE
ACCOUNT TAKEN FROM THE BEAUFORTS AIRCREWS NEWSLETTER 2003.
At around 1530 hours on 14 October 1941, three Beauforts of No 42 Squadron based at Leuchars in Fife were ordered to make a torpedo attack on two enemy merchant vessels near Obrestad in Norway, although apparently they did not set off in formation. They were flown by Warrant Officer Woodward in N1163, Flight Officer Pett in AW243 and Pi1ot Officer Sellick in X8929. At 1740 hours, Pett came across a sunken ship off the Norwegian coast, with its superstructure above water and a lifeboat hanging from a davit. He hunted further down the coast but found no other ships and returned safely to land at 2009 hours
In overcast and rainy conditions, Sellick found two vessels at 1733 hours, of about 1,500 and 2,000 tons, and attacked the smaller. There was heavy and light flak from both vessels, hitting the aircraft and wounding the observer, Sgt Martin, in the leg. The vessel was hit with their torpedo and emitted a high column of black smoke. As they came out of the attack at 1745 hours, the crew saw Woodward's Beaufort letter N going directly into the attack. It thus seems probable that James Woodward and his crew, Sgts Fowles, Fullagar and Credland, were shot down by the vessels attacked by Sellick, who landed safely back at Leuchars at 2001 hours.
ACCOUNT TAKEN FROM THE AIRCREW REMEMBERED WEBSITE.
Whilst attacking a 2,000 ton vessel off Sognal, Norway at position ZNGB 2400, came in too low and hit the sea. One body later recovered from the sea.
ACCOUNT TAKEN FROM THE WEBSITE WWW.LUFTWAFFE.NO
Jagdgeschwader 1/jg77 was a Luftwaffe fighter unit flying Messerschmitt BF109 aircraft. They were based in Norway and Denmark and covered from the north of Norway to Western Europe.
From the Luftwaffe base at Lister in Denmark, on 14th October 1941, Oberleutnant Hans-Christian Schafer took off with instructions to patrol an attack area at Farsund. His report claims he shot down a Bristol Beaufort at around 18.30 Hrs. there is a variation in time of approximately one hour from that of Pilot Office Sellick crew report however we must take in to account that European time was one hour ahead of UK time GMT. There were no other British losses recorded for that date, time and place.
Further information about Oblt H C Schafer states that sometime after he transferred to JG3, he was seriously wounded in a mine explosion south of Anapa (on the northern coast of the Black Sea in the Crimea) and died of injuries received on 12th May 1943.
Based on the three accounts from different sources, there would appear to be no conclusive explanation of why Warrant Officer Woodward’s plane and crew were lost. It could well have been a combination of all three accounts, enemy fire from the ship they were attacking, enemy fire from Oblt Schafer in his Messerschmitt BF 109 and the plane crashing in to the sea whilst making it’s approach to drop torpedoes.
AFTERMATH.
One body from Aircraft N1163 was recovered from the sea some time following the attack. This was identified as that of 24 year old Fl.Sgt Kenneth Percy John Fullagar. He was eventually buried at Vanse Churchyard in Norway. The other three crew members were never recovered.
Other Crew Members at 'Find a grave'
W/O Woodward J E Ref:134649780
Fl.Sgt Powles L T Ref:134649886
Fl.Sgt Fullagar K P J Ref:19501096
Rank:Sergeant
Service No:640148
Date of Death:14/10/1941
Age:19
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force 42 Sqdn.
Panel Reference:Panel 41.Memorial:RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Additional Information:Son of Kenneth Erskine Wormull Credland and Alice Credland, of Merton Park, Surrey.
Alan Raymond Credland was a Sgt.in the RAF.He served with 42 Squadron at Wick and later at Leuchars in Scotland.The Squadron role was Coastal Command with duties including Convoy protection off the East Coast of the UK and shipping strikes at enemy shipping.He was the youngest member of the crew of Aircraft Beaufort AW-N N1163 whose Pilot was W/O James Edwin Woodward.
Events of Tuesday 14th October 1941
THE CREW.
R.A.F.WARRANT OFFICER. JAMES EDWIN WOODWARD. 515054. PILOT. AGE 28.
R.A.F.V.R. FLIGHT SGT. KENNETH PERCY JOHN FULLAGAR. 903434. AIR GUNNER. AGE 24.
R.A.F.V.R. FLIGHT SGT. LESLIE THOMAS POWLES. 751356. AGE 20.
R.A.F. SGT. ALAN RAYMOND CREDLAND. 640148. AGE 19.
THE AIRCRAFT.
BRISTOL BEAUFORT MK.1
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AW-N. N1163
THE MISSION.
TAKE OFF TIME 15.25 HRS FROM RAF LEUCHARS.
TARGET; SHIPPING STRIKE
ACCOUNT TAKEN FROM THE BEAUFORTS AIRCREWS NEWSLETTER 2003.
At around 1530 hours on 14 October 1941, three Beauforts of No 42 Squadron based at Leuchars in Fife were ordered to make a torpedo attack on two enemy merchant vessels near Obrestad in Norway, although apparently they did not set off in formation. They were flown by Warrant Officer Woodward in N1163, Flight Officer Pett in AW243 and Pi1ot Officer Sellick in X8929. At 1740 hours, Pett came across a sunken ship off the Norwegian coast, with its superstructure above water and a lifeboat hanging from a davit. He hunted further down the coast but found no other ships and returned safely to land at 2009 hours
In overcast and rainy conditions, Sellick found two vessels at 1733 hours, of about 1,500 and 2,000 tons, and attacked the smaller. There was heavy and light flak from both vessels, hitting the aircraft and wounding the observer, Sgt Martin, in the leg. The vessel was hit with their torpedo and emitted a high column of black smoke. As they came out of the attack at 1745 hours, the crew saw Woodward's Beaufort letter N going directly into the attack. It thus seems probable that James Woodward and his crew, Sgts Fowles, Fullagar and Credland, were shot down by the vessels attacked by Sellick, who landed safely back at Leuchars at 2001 hours.
ACCOUNT TAKEN FROM THE AIRCREW REMEMBERED WEBSITE.
Whilst attacking a 2,000 ton vessel off Sognal, Norway at position ZNGB 2400, came in too low and hit the sea. One body later recovered from the sea.
ACCOUNT TAKEN FROM THE WEBSITE WWW.LUFTWAFFE.NO
Jagdgeschwader 1/jg77 was a Luftwaffe fighter unit flying Messerschmitt BF109 aircraft. They were based in Norway and Denmark and covered from the north of Norway to Western Europe.
From the Luftwaffe base at Lister in Denmark, on 14th October 1941, Oberleutnant Hans-Christian Schafer took off with instructions to patrol an attack area at Farsund. His report claims he shot down a Bristol Beaufort at around 18.30 Hrs. there is a variation in time of approximately one hour from that of Pilot Office Sellick crew report however we must take in to account that European time was one hour ahead of UK time GMT. There were no other British losses recorded for that date, time and place.
Further information about Oblt H C Schafer states that sometime after he transferred to JG3, he was seriously wounded in a mine explosion south of Anapa (on the northern coast of the Black Sea in the Crimea) and died of injuries received on 12th May 1943.
Based on the three accounts from different sources, there would appear to be no conclusive explanation of why Warrant Officer Woodward’s plane and crew were lost. It could well have been a combination of all three accounts, enemy fire from the ship they were attacking, enemy fire from Oblt Schafer in his Messerschmitt BF 109 and the plane crashing in to the sea whilst making it’s approach to drop torpedoes.
AFTERMATH.
One body from Aircraft N1163 was recovered from the sea some time following the attack. This was identified as that of 24 year old Fl.Sgt Kenneth Percy John Fullagar. He was eventually buried at Vanse Churchyard in Norway. The other three crew members were never recovered.
Other Crew Members at 'Find a grave'
W/O Woodward J E Ref:134649780
Fl.Sgt Powles L T Ref:134649886
Fl.Sgt Fullagar K P J Ref:19501096
INFORMATION TAKEN FROM WWW.CWGC.ORG.UK
Rank:Sergeant
Service No:640148
Date of Death:14/10/1941
Age:19
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force 42 Sqdn.
Panel Reference:Panel 41.Memorial:RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Additional Information:Son of Kenneth Erskine Wormull Credland and Alice Credland, of Merton Park, Surrey.
Alan Raymond Credland was a Sgt.in the RAF.He served with 42 Squadron at Wick and later at Leuchars in Scotland.The Squadron role was Coastal Command with duties including Convoy protection off the East Coast of the UK and shipping strikes at enemy shipping.He was the youngest member of the crew of Aircraft Beaufort AW-N N1163 whose Pilot was W/O James Edwin Woodward.
Events of Tuesday 14th October 1941
THE CREW.
R.A.F.WARRANT OFFICER. JAMES EDWIN WOODWARD. 515054. PILOT. AGE 28.
R.A.F.V.R. FLIGHT SGT. KENNETH PERCY JOHN FULLAGAR. 903434. AIR GUNNER. AGE 24.
R.A.F.V.R. FLIGHT SGT. LESLIE THOMAS POWLES. 751356. AGE 20.
R.A.F. SGT. ALAN RAYMOND CREDLAND. 640148. AGE 19.
THE AIRCRAFT.
BRISTOL BEAUFORT MK.1
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AW-N. N1163
THE MISSION.
TAKE OFF TIME 15.25 HRS FROM RAF LEUCHARS.
TARGET; SHIPPING STRIKE
ACCOUNT TAKEN FROM THE BEAUFORTS AIRCREWS NEWSLETTER 2003.
At around 1530 hours on 14 October 1941, three Beauforts of No 42 Squadron based at Leuchars in Fife were ordered to make a torpedo attack on two enemy merchant vessels near Obrestad in Norway, although apparently they did not set off in formation. They were flown by Warrant Officer Woodward in N1163, Flight Officer Pett in AW243 and Pi1ot Officer Sellick in X8929. At 1740 hours, Pett came across a sunken ship off the Norwegian coast, with its superstructure above water and a lifeboat hanging from a davit. He hunted further down the coast but found no other ships and returned safely to land at 2009 hours
In overcast and rainy conditions, Sellick found two vessels at 1733 hours, of about 1,500 and 2,000 tons, and attacked the smaller. There was heavy and light flak from both vessels, hitting the aircraft and wounding the observer, Sgt Martin, in the leg. The vessel was hit with their torpedo and emitted a high column of black smoke. As they came out of the attack at 1745 hours, the crew saw Woodward's Beaufort letter N going directly into the attack. It thus seems probable that James Woodward and his crew, Sgts Fowles, Fullagar and Credland, were shot down by the vessels attacked by Sellick, who landed safely back at Leuchars at 2001 hours.
ACCOUNT TAKEN FROM THE AIRCREW REMEMBERED WEBSITE.
Whilst attacking a 2,000 ton vessel off Sognal, Norway at position ZNGB 2400, came in too low and hit the sea. One body later recovered from the sea.
ACCOUNT TAKEN FROM THE WEBSITE WWW.LUFTWAFFE.NO
Jagdgeschwader 1/jg77 was a Luftwaffe fighter unit flying Messerschmitt BF109 aircraft. They were based in Norway and Denmark and covered from the north of Norway to Western Europe.
From the Luftwaffe base at Lister in Denmark, on 14th October 1941, Oberleutnant Hans-Christian Schafer took off with instructions to patrol an attack area at Farsund. His report claims he shot down a Bristol Beaufort at around 18.30 Hrs. there is a variation in time of approximately one hour from that of Pilot Office Sellick crew report however we must take in to account that European time was one hour ahead of UK time GMT. There were no other British losses recorded for that date, time and place.
Further information about Oblt H C Schafer states that sometime after he transferred to JG3, he was seriously wounded in a mine explosion south of Anapa (on the northern coast of the Black Sea in the Crimea) and died of injuries received on 12th May 1943.
Based on the three accounts from different sources, there would appear to be no conclusive explanation of why Warrant Officer Woodward’s plane and crew were lost. It could well have been a combination of all three accounts, enemy fire from the ship they were attacking, enemy fire from Oblt Schafer in his Messerschmitt BF 109 and the plane crashing in to the sea whilst making it’s approach to drop torpedoes.
AFTERMATH.
One body from Aircraft N1163 was recovered from the sea some time following the attack. This was identified as that of 24 year old Fl.Sgt Kenneth Percy John Fullagar. He was eventually buried at Vanse Churchyard in Norway. The other three crew members were never recovered.
Other Crew Members at 'Find a grave'
W/O Woodward J E Ref:134649780
Fl.Sgt Powles L T Ref:134649886
Fl.Sgt Fullagar K P J Ref:19501096
Rank:Sergeant
Service No:640148
Date of Death:14/10/1941
Age:19
Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force 42 Sqdn.
Panel Reference:Panel 41.Memorial:RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Additional Information:Son of Kenneth Erskine Wormull Credland and Alice Credland, of Merton Park, Surrey.
Alan Raymond Credland was a Sgt.in the RAF.He served with 42 Squadron at Wick and later at Leuchars in Scotland.The Squadron role was Coastal Command with duties including Convoy protection off the East Coast of the UK and shipping strikes at enemy shipping.He was the youngest member of the crew of Aircraft Beaufort AW-N N1163 whose Pilot was W/O James Edwin Woodward.
Events of Tuesday 14th October 1941
THE CREW.
R.A.F.WARRANT OFFICER. JAMES EDWIN WOODWARD. 515054. PILOT. AGE 28.
R.A.F.V.R. FLIGHT SGT. KENNETH PERCY JOHN FULLAGAR. 903434. AIR GUNNER. AGE 24.
R.A.F.V.R. FLIGHT SGT. LESLIE THOMAS POWLES. 751356. AGE 20.
R.A.F. SGT. ALAN RAYMOND CREDLAND. 640148. AGE 19.
THE AIRCRAFT.
BRISTOL BEAUFORT MK.1
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AW-N. N1163
THE MISSION.
TAKE OFF TIME 15.25 HRS FROM RAF LEUCHARS.
TARGET; SHIPPING STRIKE
ACCOUNT TAKEN FROM THE BEAUFORTS AIRCREWS NEWSLETTER 2003.
At around 1530 hours on 14 October 1941, three Beauforts of No 42 Squadron based at Leuchars in Fife were ordered to make a torpedo attack on two enemy merchant vessels near Obrestad in Norway, although apparently they did not set off in formation. They were flown by Warrant Officer Woodward in N1163, Flight Officer Pett in AW243 and Pi1ot Officer Sellick in X8929. At 1740 hours, Pett came across a sunken ship off the Norwegian coast, with its superstructure above water and a lifeboat hanging from a davit. He hunted further down the coast but found no other ships and returned safely to land at 2009 hours
In overcast and rainy conditions, Sellick found two vessels at 1733 hours, of about 1,500 and 2,000 tons, and attacked the smaller. There was heavy and light flak from both vessels, hitting the aircraft and wounding the observer, Sgt Martin, in the leg. The vessel was hit with their torpedo and emitted a high column of black smoke. As they came out of the attack at 1745 hours, the crew saw Woodward's Beaufort letter N going directly into the attack. It thus seems probable that James Woodward and his crew, Sgts Fowles, Fullagar and Credland, were shot down by the vessels attacked by Sellick, who landed safely back at Leuchars at 2001 hours.
ACCOUNT TAKEN FROM THE AIRCREW REMEMBERED WEBSITE.
Whilst attacking a 2,000 ton vessel off Sognal, Norway at position ZNGB 2400, came in too low and hit the sea. One body later recovered from the sea.
ACCOUNT TAKEN FROM THE WEBSITE WWW.LUFTWAFFE.NO
Jagdgeschwader 1/jg77 was a Luftwaffe fighter unit flying Messerschmitt BF109 aircraft. They were based in Norway and Denmark and covered from the north of Norway to Western Europe.
From the Luftwaffe base at Lister in Denmark, on 14th October 1941, Oberleutnant Hans-Christian Schafer took off with instructions to patrol an attack area at Farsund. His report claims he shot down a Bristol Beaufort at around 18.30 Hrs. there is a variation in time of approximately one hour from that of Pilot Office Sellick crew report however we must take in to account that European time was one hour ahead of UK time GMT. There were no other British losses recorded for that date, time and place.
Further information about Oblt H C Schafer states that sometime after he transferred to JG3, he was seriously wounded in a mine explosion south of Anapa (on the northern coast of the Black Sea in the Crimea) and died of injuries received on 12th May 1943.
Based on the three accounts from different sources, there would appear to be no conclusive explanation of why Warrant Officer Woodward’s plane and crew were lost. It could well have been a combination of all three accounts, enemy fire from the ship they were attacking, enemy fire from Oblt Schafer in his Messerschmitt BF 109 and the plane crashing in to the sea whilst making it’s approach to drop torpedoes.
AFTERMATH.
One body from Aircraft N1163 was recovered from the sea some time following the attack. This was identified as that of 24 year old Fl.Sgt Kenneth Percy John Fullagar. He was eventually buried at Vanse Churchyard in Norway. The other three crew members were never recovered.
Other Crew Members at 'Find a grave'
W/O Woodward J E Ref:134649780
Fl.Sgt Powles L T Ref:134649886
Fl.Sgt Fullagar K P J Ref:19501096
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