23-24/4/44 Mine-laying in the Baltic. WW's 24th mission. One 102 Sq aircraft lost, all seven crew killed.

26/4/44 Villeneuve St Georges (railway yards). WW's 25th mission.

28/4/44 Alunoye (railway yards) WW's 26th and final mission of his second tour. One 102 Sq aircraft lost, all seven crew killed.

William Wigham was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for a grand total of 58 combat missions and 308 flying hours over two tours in 1941-44 with 101 and 102 Squadrons RAF.

No 102 Sq carried on in the front line of the Bomber Command offensive. Losses through to the end of September 1944 were:

27-28/5/44 Bourg-Leopold (military camp). One 102 Sq aircraft lost, two killed and five POW. The squadron was now equipped with the more powerful Halifax III. This was the first combat loss with the later aircraft.

8-9/6/44 Alencon. One 102 Sq aircraft lost. All seven crew safe after baling out over the UK on return.

8-9/6/44 Minelaying. One 102 Sq aircraft lost, all seven crew killed.

11-12/6/44 Massy-Palaiseau. One 102 Sq aircraft lost, all seven crew killed.

16-17/6/44 Sterkrade. Five 102 Sq aircraft lost. Casualties respectively: seven killed; seven killed; seven killed; five killed and two POWs; and seven killed.

28-29/6/44 Blainville (railway yards). Five 102 Sq aircraft lost. Casualties respectively: three killed and three POWs; six killed and one POW; three killed and four evaders; five killed and two POWs; and two killed, one POW and four evaders.

24-25/7/44 Stuttgart. One 102 Sq aircraft lost, sex killed and one POW.

30/7/44 Normandy (daylight). One 102 Sq aircraft lost, all seven crew killed.

12-13/8/44 Braunschweig. One 102 Sq aircraft lost. Two killed, six POW.

12-13/8/44 Russelsheim. One 102 Sq aircraft lost. All eight crew killed.

16-17/8/44 Kiel. One 102 Sq aircraft lost, all seven crew killed.

12/9/44 Munster. Two 102 Sq aircraft lost. One crash-landed on return, no fatalities; the other suffered two killed and five POWs.

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