Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: R1137
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
3 Dec 44 Bombing Kaldenkirchen
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
North American Mitchell II FW209 EV-V 180 Sqdn RAF 0840 Melsbroek (B.58)
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
1010 Hit by Flak Crash landed at Eindhoven Airfield (B.78) Noord-Brabant
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/O. L.J.H. Iddon 135764 RAF SAFE - Wounded
Navigator/Bomb Aimer W/O. J.H. Allen 1391061 RAF SAFE - Wounded
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. E.L. Wolff 1611111 RAF POW -
Air Gunner F/Sgt. F. Tomkins 1579116 RAF SAFE - Crash landed the Mitchell
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Air Britain, 'RAF Aircraft FA100-FZ999', page 86

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