Age: 21years old.
Son of Andrew Nicol and Annie Bowness of Dumfries, (Douglas Cottage, 107 Lockerbie Rd), Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Grandson of Elizabeth Rylands.
MILITARY
SERGEANT, ANDREW ISAAC JOHN NICOL / F/SGT A.I.J. NICOL.
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit: 144 Squadron / Bomber Command.
Service No: 543932
Rank: Sergeant/Wireless Operator/Air Gunner.
*
Died: 4th July 1940.
Cause: Killed in Action.
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft.
Buried: KIEL WAR CEMETERY
Grave Ref: 3. A. 18. Germany
Country of Service: United Kingdom
*
Aircraft: Hampden I P4361
Unit: 144 Sqdn
Airfield /Crash Location: Germany
Details: Took off from Hemswell.
Shot down by the Kiel Flak and crashed close to the target.
Source: Henk Welting's Database
~~~~~~~
Andrew was the rear gunner when his Hampden bomber had taken off from RAF Hemswell in Lincolnshire for a raid to bomb targets in the area of Kiel Dockyard, but the aircraft was hit by ground fire and crashed in the target area.
Believed shot down by flak/AAA ground fire, and crashed at Russee, a South Western suburb of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
No survivors among the crew of four.
According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/1015):
"Hampden P4361 crashed at Russee, Germany, 4 July 1940. Sergeant A I J Nicol, Sergeant P F Bailey, Pilot Officer J H Gilling and Flying Officer E B Lancaster: report of deaths".
All four crew fatalities were buried at Kiel War Cemetery, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany:
Sergeant Percy Fallows BAILEY (552072) Wireless Op Hampden I P4361 AIR81/1016RAF
1940-07-04 144 Sqdn AIR27 Germany Kiel War CemeteryRef : 3. A. 19.
Sergeant Percy Fallows Bailey
Pilot Officer Jack Humphrey GILLING (41842) Pilot Hampden I P4361 AIR81/1016RAF
1940-07-04 144 Sqdn AIR27 Germany Kiel War CemeteryRef : 3. A. 20.
Pilot Officer Jack Humphrey Gilling
Officer Eric Bell LANCASTER (40121) Pilot Hampden I P4361 AIR81/1016RAF
1940-07-04 144 Sqdn AIR27 Germany Kiel War CemeteryRef : 3. A. 17.
Officer Eric Bell Lancaster
Sergeant Andrew Isaac John NICOL (543932) Wireless Op Hampden I P4361 AIR81/1016RAF 1940-07-04 144 Sqdn AIR27 Germany Kiel War Cemetery
Sergeant Andrew Isaac John Nicol
*
Reference: AIR 81/1016
Sergeant A I J Nicol,
Sergeant P F Bailey,
Pilot Officer J H Gilling &
Flying Officer E B Lancaster:
Report of deaths; Hampden P4361 crashed at Russee, Germany, 4 July 1940
Note: With photographs
Date: 1940 Jan 01 - 1952 Dec 31
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: P 353142/40
(Source: Records held at National Archives, Kew).
*(Collective Sources: CWGC / aviation-safety.net / nationalarchives.gov.uk / RAF Commands / The Scottish Military Research Group - RAF, Dumfries /
WAR MEMORIAL
Dumfries War Memorial
St. Mary's Church Memorial, Dumfries
Son of Andrew Nicol and Annie Bowness of Dumfries, (Douglas Cottage, 107 Lockerbie Rd), Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Grandson of Elizabeth Rylands.
MILITARY
SERGEANT, ANDREW ISAAC JOHN NICOL / F/SGT A.I.J. NICOL.
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit: 144 Squadron / Bomber Command.
Service No: 543932
Rank: Sergeant/Wireless Operator/Air Gunner.
*
Died: 4th July 1940.
Cause: Killed in Action.
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft.
Buried: KIEL WAR CEMETERY
Grave Ref: 3. A. 18. Germany
Country of Service: United Kingdom
*
Aircraft: Hampden I P4361
Unit: 144 Sqdn
Airfield /Crash Location: Germany
Details: Took off from Hemswell.
Shot down by the Kiel Flak and crashed close to the target.
Source: Henk Welting's Database
~~~~~~~
Andrew was the rear gunner when his Hampden bomber had taken off from RAF Hemswell in Lincolnshire for a raid to bomb targets in the area of Kiel Dockyard, but the aircraft was hit by ground fire and crashed in the target area.
Believed shot down by flak/AAA ground fire, and crashed at Russee, a South Western suburb of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
No survivors among the crew of four.
According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/1015):
"Hampden P4361 crashed at Russee, Germany, 4 July 1940. Sergeant A I J Nicol, Sergeant P F Bailey, Pilot Officer J H Gilling and Flying Officer E B Lancaster: report of deaths".
All four crew fatalities were buried at Kiel War Cemetery, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany:
Sergeant Percy Fallows BAILEY (552072) Wireless Op Hampden I P4361 AIR81/1016RAF
1940-07-04 144 Sqdn AIR27 Germany Kiel War CemeteryRef : 3. A. 19.
Sergeant Percy Fallows Bailey
Pilot Officer Jack Humphrey GILLING (41842) Pilot Hampden I P4361 AIR81/1016RAF
1940-07-04 144 Sqdn AIR27 Germany Kiel War CemeteryRef : 3. A. 20.
Pilot Officer Jack Humphrey Gilling
Officer Eric Bell LANCASTER (40121) Pilot Hampden I P4361 AIR81/1016RAF
1940-07-04 144 Sqdn AIR27 Germany Kiel War CemeteryRef : 3. A. 17.
Officer Eric Bell Lancaster
Sergeant Andrew Isaac John NICOL (543932) Wireless Op Hampden I P4361 AIR81/1016RAF 1940-07-04 144 Sqdn AIR27 Germany Kiel War Cemetery
Sergeant Andrew Isaac John Nicol
*
Reference: AIR 81/1016
Sergeant A I J Nicol,
Sergeant P F Bailey,
Pilot Officer J H Gilling &
Flying Officer E B Lancaster:
Report of deaths; Hampden P4361 crashed at Russee, Germany, 4 July 1940
Note: With photographs
Date: 1940 Jan 01 - 1952 Dec 31
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: P 353142/40
(Source: Records held at National Archives, Kew).
*(Collective Sources: CWGC / aviation-safety.net / nationalarchives.gov.uk / RAF Commands / The Scottish Military Research Group - RAF, Dumfries /
WAR MEMORIAL
Dumfries War Memorial
St. Mary's Church Memorial, Dumfries
Age: 21years old.
Son of Andrew Nicol and Annie Bowness of Dumfries, (Douglas Cottage, 107 Lockerbie Rd), Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Grandson of Elizabeth Rylands.
MILITARY
SERGEANT, ANDREW ISAAC JOHN NICOL / F/SGT A.I.J. NICOL.
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit: 144 Squadron / Bomber Command.
Service No: 543932
Rank: Sergeant/Wireless Operator/Air Gunner.
*
Died: 4th July 1940.
Cause: Killed in Action.
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft.
Buried: KIEL WAR CEMETERY
Grave Ref: 3. A. 18. Germany
Country of Service: United Kingdom
*
Aircraft: Hampden I P4361
Unit: 144 Sqdn
Airfield /Crash Location: Germany
Details: Took off from Hemswell.
Shot down by the Kiel Flak and crashed close to the target.
Source: Henk Welting's Database
~~~~~~~
Andrew was the rear gunner when his Hampden bomber had taken off from RAF Hemswell in Lincolnshire for a raid to bomb targets in the area of Kiel Dockyard, but the aircraft was hit by ground fire and crashed in the target area.
Believed shot down by flak/AAA ground fire, and crashed at Russee, a South Western suburb of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
No survivors among the crew of four.
According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/1015):
"Hampden P4361 crashed at Russee, Germany, 4 July 1940. Sergeant A I J Nicol, Sergeant P F Bailey, Pilot Officer J H Gilling and Flying Officer E B Lancaster: report of deaths".
All four crew fatalities were buried at Kiel War Cemetery, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany:
Sergeant Percy Fallows BAILEY (552072) Wireless Op Hampden I P4361 AIR81/1016RAF
1940-07-04 144 Sqdn AIR27 Germany Kiel War CemeteryRef : 3. A. 19.
Sergeant Percy Fallows Bailey
Pilot Officer Jack Humphrey GILLING (41842) Pilot Hampden I P4361 AIR81/1016RAF
1940-07-04 144 Sqdn AIR27 Germany Kiel War CemeteryRef : 3. A. 20.
Pilot Officer Jack Humphrey Gilling
Officer Eric Bell LANCASTER (40121) Pilot Hampden I P4361 AIR81/1016RAF
1940-07-04 144 Sqdn AIR27 Germany Kiel War CemeteryRef : 3. A. 17.
Officer Eric Bell Lancaster
Sergeant Andrew Isaac John NICOL (543932) Wireless Op Hampden I P4361 AIR81/1016RAF 1940-07-04 144 Sqdn AIR27 Germany Kiel War Cemetery
Sergeant Andrew Isaac John Nicol
*
Reference: AIR 81/1016
Sergeant A I J Nicol,
Sergeant P F Bailey,
Pilot Officer J H Gilling &
Flying Officer E B Lancaster:
Report of deaths; Hampden P4361 crashed at Russee, Germany, 4 July 1940
Note: With photographs
Date: 1940 Jan 01 - 1952 Dec 31
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: P 353142/40
(Source: Records held at National Archives, Kew).
*(Collective Sources: CWGC / aviation-safety.net / nationalarchives.gov.uk / RAF Commands / The Scottish Military Research Group - RAF, Dumfries /
WAR MEMORIAL
Dumfries War Memorial
St. Mary's Church Memorial, Dumfries
Son of Andrew Nicol and Annie Bowness of Dumfries, (Douglas Cottage, 107 Lockerbie Rd), Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
Grandson of Elizabeth Rylands.
MILITARY
SERGEANT, ANDREW ISAAC JOHN NICOL / F/SGT A.I.J. NICOL.
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Unit: 144 Squadron / Bomber Command.
Service No: 543932
Rank: Sergeant/Wireless Operator/Air Gunner.
*
Died: 4th July 1940.
Cause: Killed in Action.
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft.
Buried: KIEL WAR CEMETERY
Grave Ref: 3. A. 18. Germany
Country of Service: United Kingdom
*
Aircraft: Hampden I P4361
Unit: 144 Sqdn
Airfield /Crash Location: Germany
Details: Took off from Hemswell.
Shot down by the Kiel Flak and crashed close to the target.
Source: Henk Welting's Database
~~~~~~~
Andrew was the rear gunner when his Hampden bomber had taken off from RAF Hemswell in Lincolnshire for a raid to bomb targets in the area of Kiel Dockyard, but the aircraft was hit by ground fire and crashed in the target area.
Believed shot down by flak/AAA ground fire, and crashed at Russee, a South Western suburb of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
No survivors among the crew of four.
According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/1015):
"Hampden P4361 crashed at Russee, Germany, 4 July 1940. Sergeant A I J Nicol, Sergeant P F Bailey, Pilot Officer J H Gilling and Flying Officer E B Lancaster: report of deaths".
All four crew fatalities were buried at Kiel War Cemetery, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany:
Sergeant Percy Fallows BAILEY (552072) Wireless Op Hampden I P4361 AIR81/1016RAF
1940-07-04 144 Sqdn AIR27 Germany Kiel War CemeteryRef : 3. A. 19.
Sergeant Percy Fallows Bailey
Pilot Officer Jack Humphrey GILLING (41842) Pilot Hampden I P4361 AIR81/1016RAF
1940-07-04 144 Sqdn AIR27 Germany Kiel War CemeteryRef : 3. A. 20.
Pilot Officer Jack Humphrey Gilling
Officer Eric Bell LANCASTER (40121) Pilot Hampden I P4361 AIR81/1016RAF
1940-07-04 144 Sqdn AIR27 Germany Kiel War CemeteryRef : 3. A. 17.
Officer Eric Bell Lancaster
Sergeant Andrew Isaac John NICOL (543932) Wireless Op Hampden I P4361 AIR81/1016RAF 1940-07-04 144 Sqdn AIR27 Germany Kiel War Cemetery
Sergeant Andrew Isaac John Nicol
*
Reference: AIR 81/1016
Sergeant A I J Nicol,
Sergeant P F Bailey,
Pilot Officer J H Gilling &
Flying Officer E B Lancaster:
Report of deaths; Hampden P4361 crashed at Russee, Germany, 4 July 1940
Note: With photographs
Date: 1940 Jan 01 - 1952 Dec 31
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: P 353142/40
(Source: Records held at National Archives, Kew).
*(Collective Sources: CWGC / aviation-safety.net / nationalarchives.gov.uk / RAF Commands / The Scottish Military Research Group - RAF, Dumfries /
WAR MEMORIAL
Dumfries War Memorial
St. Mary's Church Memorial, Dumfries
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