Then it's dark again
Title
Then it's dark again
Description
A coloured booklet of text and photographs describing the loss of Wellington R1397 on a return flight from an operation to Emden. The aircraft was shot down by the German pilot Helmut Lent. Head and shoulders photographs of Lent and the crew of R1397 are included.
The crew were:
Pilot Officer Mervyn Sydney Lund (pilot);
Sergeant Arthur Edward Owen (pilot);
Sergeant John James Cox (Air Observer);
Sergeant Frank Gordon Walker (Gunner);
Sergeant Alfred John Le Poidevin (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner);
Sergeant Roy Penry Williams (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner).
Details are provided of a website that provides an overview of all locations in Friesland where aircraft crashed or made emergency landings.
The crew were:
Pilot Officer Mervyn Sydney Lund (pilot);
Sergeant Arthur Edward Owen (pilot);
Sergeant John James Cox (Air Observer);
Sergeant Frank Gordon Walker (Gunner);
Sergeant Alfred John Le Poidevin (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner);
Sergeant Roy Penry Williams (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner).
Details are provided of a website that provides an overview of all locations in Friesland where aircraft crashed or made emergency landings.
Date
2011
Spatial Coverage
Language
Type
Format
One booklet
Publisher
Rights
This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Identifier
MCoxJJ921698-180801-03
Collection
Citation
Stichting Missing Airmen Memorial Foundation (SMAMF), “Then it's dark again,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed May 10, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/58812.
