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Flying Officer Henry Osbert ZETLAND (87294) of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Circumstances of Death: Lost in aircraft Wellington JA512
Death of Death 1944-05-05
Served in 104 Sqdn
Burial/Commemoration Details : Coll. grave III. E. 6-10. at Budapest War Cemetery, Hungary (
Map)
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View Commonwealth War Graves Commission : H O ZETLAND
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London Gazette Mentions
| Number | Name /Text | London Gazette Details |
|---|---|---|
| 187294 | 1560060 Royan Charles YULE | London Gazette supplement : 36844 , Dated 1944-12-15 , Download #36844 |
| 187294 | ^ R C YULE | London Gazette supplement : 37104 , Dated 1945-05-29 , Download #37104 |
Aircraft Accident / Loss Entry
| Date: 05 May 44 Aircraft: Wellington X JA512 Unit 104 Sqdn Airfield /Crash Location , Hungary | |||
| Details | |||
| Source | Henk Welting's Database | ||
| Aircrew details | |||
Rank | Name, Number, Trade & Details | Date | Unit | Country | Cemetery/Memorial & Loc Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flying Officer | Robert AVERY (134532) Pilot Wellington JA512    | 1944-05-05 | 104 Sqdn AIR27 | Hungary | Budapest War Cemetery  |
| Sergeant | Frank Stanley FREEMAN (1270555) Air Gunner Wellington JA512 | 1944-05-05 | 104 Sqdn AIR27 | Hungary | Budapest War Cemetery |
| Sergeant | William Augustus JONES (1415869) Wireless Op Wellington JA512 | 1944-05-05 | 104 Sqdn AIR27 | Hungary | Budapest War Cemetery |
| Flying Officer | Ronald John SHAW (138298) Navigator Wellington JA512 | 1944-05-05 | 104 Sqdn AIR27 | Hungary | Budapest War Cemetery |
| Flying Officer | Henry Osbert ZETLAND (87294) Wellington JA512 | 1944-05-05 | 104 Sqdn AIR27 | Hungary | Budapest War Cemetery |
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| RAF air raid on Sofia, Bulgaria, on 29/30.3.1944 | Further to 104 Squadron raid on Sofia March 1944 incl Wellington X JA512 'E' (ZP post #8 above) This aircraft was shortly after lost, on another raid against Sofia, on the night of 4/5 May 1944, leading to an interesting detail for one of the regular crew... Present on several ops Mar, Apr, May (though not on the 28/29 Mar raid): the exiled Czech Air Gunner (Rear Gunner 104 Sqdn) Heinz Otto Ziegler aka "Henry Osbert Zetland" [I]Zetland [/I]was the nom-de-guerre of [B]Heinz Otto Ziegler[/B]. [I]CWGC as "Zetland":[/I] F/O Henry Osbert Zetland 87294 Air Gunner KIA 5 May 1944 (Collective Grave, Budapest) [url]https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2270577/HENRY%20OSBERT%20ZETLAND/[/url] and grave reg crew list + AG trade note [url]https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2270577/HENRY%20OSBERT%20ZETLAND/#&gid=1&pid=1[/url] [I] 104 Squadron as [I]Ziegler[/I]:[/I] [I]Record of Events [/I]Form 540 4 May [url]http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8385571[/url] records the full crew of F/O Avery & co, including one [I]F/O HO Ziegler[/I] as Rear Gunner Aircraft Wellington 'E' JA512 Missing. See also JA512 + crew ops in, eg, Mar, Apr 44 if not earlier... Also see: Marnham [I]Wild Mary - a Life of Mary Wesley [/I]p94 (nom de guerre), p100, p247 plus numerous bio passages, indexed. And brief bio, sourced: [url]https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Heinz_Otto_Ziegler[/url] See also "Zetland" in [I]Casualty db [/I]here with full coll Grave crew list [url]http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=50946[/url] and JA512 in [I]Aircraft Losses db [/I]here, full crew list incl the sole PoW survivor [url]http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=JA512[/url] Some online notes claim, incorrectly and without source, that Ziegler was a Pilot. He was a Flying Officer Air Gunner, as the Sqn record and CWGC Reg slip confirm. Heinz Otto Ziegler 1903-1944 His war service and family remembered still. ....Read More. | Don Clark on 17th July 2021 02:43:10 |
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