8-9/4/42 Hamburg. WW’s 21st mission. No 101 Sq aircraft lost. W Wigham's aircraft: 'Cloud 10/10. Flak very heavy.

10-11/4/42 Essen. WW’s 22nd mission. No 101 Sq aircraft lost.

13-14/4/42 Mine-laying, Frisian Islands. WW 23rd mission. No 101 Sq aircraft lost.

25-26/4/42 Rostock. WW’s 24th mission. No 101 Sq aircraft lost. W Wigham's aircraft: 'Weather good. Only light flak.'

27-28/4/42 Cologne. WW’s 25th mission. No 101 Sq aircraft lost. W Wigham's aircraft: 'Intercepted by Ju 88 which was probably damaged after attack.'

29-30/4/42 Paris, Gnome Rhone engine plant. WW’s 26th mission. No 101 Sq aircraft lost. W Wigham's aircraft: 'Very little opposition.'

5-6/5/42 Stuttgart. WW’s 27th mission. No 101 Sq aircraft lost.

7-8/5/42 Mine-laying. WW’s 28th mission. No 101 Sq aircraft lost. W Wigham's aircraft: 'Mines dropped from 200 ft. Silenced one machine gun post.'

8-9/5/42 Warnemunde. WW’s 29th mission. No 101 Sq aircraft lost. W Wigham's aircraft: 'Attacked at 150 ft with delayed bombs. Shot up several searchlights.'

19-20/5/42 Mannheim. WW’s 30th mission. One 101 Sq aircraft lost: Wellington III X3472 SR-D.. Crash-landed in France after port engine failure. Two crew POW: Sgt J P Love, Sgt A Crichton. Two evaders, Sgt J Beecroft (pilot), Sgt H P Hanwell. Sgt S Bradley died while evading capture.

W Wigham's aircraft: 'Abandoned. Intercom trouble.' Sortie duration 1 hr 40 mins.

30-31/5/42 Cologne. WW’s 31st mission. The first '1,000 Bomber Raid'. Two of the ten 101 Sq aircraft despatched were lost:

Wellington III X3670 SR-F. Lost without trace. the five crew were: P/O A De Gardner (pilot), Sgt W H Arnold (see photo), Sgt R E Hart (see photo), Sgt D Pearson (see photo), Sgt I B H Spooner (see photo). This is the aircraft in the background of the group photo.

Wellington III Z`1612 SR-Z . Aircraft abandoned by parachute after engine trouble. All five crew POW: P/O C H R Read (pilot), P/O D H Davidson, Sgt R G Killwyn RCAF (see photo), Sgt M Docherty, Sgt R D Charles (see photo).

W Wigham's aircraft: 'First 1,000 aircraft plan. Good result defences disorganised.'

1/6/42 Essen. WW’s 32nd mission. No 101 Sq aircraft lost. W Wigham's aircraft: 'Second 1,000 aircraft plan.'

This was the 32nd and last mission of William Wigham's first tour of duty.

101 Squadron operations with the Wellington continued until September 1942 when the unit was transferred to 3 Group of Bomber Command and the Lancaster replaced the Wellington. These are the squadron's further combat losses through to September 1942:. Many of the men featured on the group photograph, as noted below, were casualties on these raids

3-4/6/42 Bremen. One 101 Sq aircraft lost, Wellington III X34733, SR-S. Crashed near Bremen. Control lost during evasive action. Three crew died: F/L N J Edwards (pilot), Sgt F R Arthan (see photo), Sgt W G Cormack (see photo). Two crew POWs: P/O L A E Osbon, P/O K E S Muggleton.

19-20/6/42 Emden. One 101 Sq aircraft lost: Wellington III X3669. All five crew died, the aircraft is presumed to have crashed in the sea. Sgt F J Keen (see photo), P/O G E Sheppard, F/S N MacDougall, RCAF, Sgt J W Williams, Sgt W R Payne.

8-9/7/42 Wilhelmshaven. One 101 Sq aircraft lost: Wellington III X3634. Lost without trace. The crew were: P/O J R Tregea, Sgt H C Craig, Sgt A A Brace (see photo), Sgt C H Stewart (see photo), Sgt L J Symonds (see photo). Sgts Brace and Stewart were Canadians, P/O Tregea was from Argentina.

11-12/7/42 mine-laying. Two 101 Sq aircraft lost.

Wellington III Z1751. Lost without trace. The crew were: S/L F C G Freeman, P/O L R Goad, Sgt S H Hughes, Sgt H R H, De Laspee, P/O R M Lee.

Wellington III BJ583. All five crew killed. They were: P/O A A Angel, F/S G T Morris, RCAF, F/Sgt A J Gerein RCAF,

F/S P E J Howe RCAF, Sgt R M Wilkinson.

21-22/7/42 Duisburg. One 101 Sq aircraft lost. Wellington III X3312, SR U. Lost over the sea. All six crew killed: F/S E Fortin RCAF, F/S D P Roberts, RCAF, Sgt L D Firminger, Sgt W Matheson (see photo), Sgt G C Morffew, Sgt E A Thomas.

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