Sgt. A.D. Trotter of 29 O.T.U. (Operational Training Unit) was killed when Vickers Wellington III BJ967 ‘F’ ditched at sea on its way back from a mission to St Omer. Only the pilot survived, and he reported that the Wellington suffered a fire in the starboard engine, and was forced to ditch off the coast near Newhaven. It broke up and sank immediately after the crash-landing, and the pilot was rescued by a Walrus ASR aircraft. Sgt Trotter’s body was recovered by Royal Navy vessels, and he was buried at sea. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: Vol. 7; Operational Training Units 1940-1947; W.R. Chorley; 2002; Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 132 6 page 245
Acknowledgements: Simon Glancey
He is remembered at Felton on F14.01 and at Alnwick on A11.17 and A11.53
