Wyatt, George Michael (Flying Officer)
Killed in Action 1940-June-30
Birth Date: 1919
Born:
Parents: Son of George Matthew and Amy Rowena Wyatt
Spouse: Husband of Kathleen Margaret Wyatt, of Helsby, Cheshire
Home: Helsby, Cheshire, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAF
Unit
61 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Purum Tonantes Thundering through the clear air
Base
RAF Hemswell
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
40453
Temporary Burial
Cuxhaven (Brockswalde) Cemetery, Lower Saxony, Germany
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Hampden P4356
Mission
Hampden P4356
Bombing 1940-June-29 to 1940-June-30
61 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Hemswell
61(Hull's own) Squadron RAF (Pur purum tonantes) RAF Hemswell. Hampden I aircraft P 4356 QR-S was shot down by a marine flak battery during an operation against targets in Geestacht, Germany. The Hampden crashed into shallow water just off the coast between Spieka Neufeld and Neuwerk, Germany
Sergeant R Burnett (RAF) and Flying Officer GM Wyatt (RAF) were killed in action
Pilot Officer LS Adams (RAF)(Can) and Sergeant HG Hill (RAF) survived and both were taken as Prisoners of War
[Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
Crash of a Handley Page HP52 Hampden I off Spieka: 2 killed I...
World War 2 - RAF No 61 Squadron, May/June 1940
Hampden P4356 - Bombing - 1940-06-29 to 1940-06-30
Squadron: 61 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1940-06-29
Completion Date: 1940-06-30
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City:
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Hemswell
Take Off Time:
Squadron Code: QR-S
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: shallow water just off the coast between Spieka Neufeld and Neuwerk
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: unspecified
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
61(Hull's own) Squadron RAF (Pur purum tonantes) RAF Hemswell. Hampden I aircraft P 4356 QR-S was shot down by a marine flak battery during an operation against targets in Geestacht, Germany. The Hampden crashed into shallow water just off the coast between Spieka Neufeld and Neuwerk, Germany
Sergeant R Burnett (RAF) and Flying Officer GM Wyatt (RAF) were killed in action
Pilot Officer LS Adams (RAF)(Can) and Sergeant HG Hill (RAF) survived and both were taken as Prisoners of War
[Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
Crash of a Handley Page HP52 Hampden I off Spieka: 2 killed I...
World War 2 - RAF No 61 Squadron, May/June 1940
Flugzeugabshusse und Abstruze um Cuxhaven im WW 2