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Von Due · 02-03-17, 07:29 PM

Managed to find some more info, this time on the crew of the 2 Skuas.

A-7A: Pilot: Hugh Peter Bramwell (801 Sqd. leader), radio/gunner: James W. Collett.
A-7C: Pilot: William Martin (Martyn in other source, RCAF), radio/gunner: Reginald Davies.

Also flying along was A-7B: Pilot: F.B. Wigginton, radio/gunner: E. Adlam.

It's been many years and I was very young then, but from what I now have gathered, it must have been Davies and Collett who came here to meet the German crew, and the ones I met.

A curious detail: The 3 survivors, Hölcher, Gumbrecht and Stoltz were captured by Norwegian forces, and handed over to the British. The ship that took them to England, before they were sent to Canada, was the very same ship that had damaged CN: HMS Manchester. A bit of irony there.

02-03-17, 07:29 PM	#27
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,660 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Managed to find some more info, this time on the crew of the 2 Skuas. A-7A: Pilot: Hugh Peter Bramwell (801 Sqd. leader), radio/gunner: James W. Collett. A-7C: Pilot: William Martin (Martyn in other source, RCAF), radio/gunner: Reginald Davies. Also flying along was A-7B: Pilot: F.B. Wigginton, radio/gunner: E. Adlam. It's been many years and I was very young then, but from what I now have gathered, it must have been Davies and Collett who came here to meet the German crew, and the ones I met. A curious detail: The 3 survivors, Hölcher, Gumbrecht and Stoltz were captured by Norwegian forces, and handed over to the British. The ship that took them to England, before they were sent to Canada, was the very same ship that had damaged CN: HMS Manchester. A bit of irony there. Last edited by Von Due; 02-03-17 at 08:06 PM.