Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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16/17 Oct 40 | Bombing | Kiel | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Vickers | Wellington | Ic | L7844 | KX-T | 311 Sqdn | RAF | 1850 | East Wretham |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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2130 | Shot down by Lt. L. Becker of 4./NJG 1 | Crashed near Oosterwolde | Gelderland |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | P/O. | B. | Landa | 43 | 82557 | ChAF | KIA | Oosterwolde | 1 2 61 | |
Second Pilot | Sgt. | E. | Novotnýš | 35 | 787250 | ChAF | POW | - | ||
Observer | P/O. | H.Z. | Jarošek | 30 | 82605 | ChAF | KIA | Oosterwolde | 2 2 62 | |
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | Sgt. | K. | Klimt | 28 | 787547 | ChAF | KIA | Oosterwolde | 1 2 59 | |
Front Gunner | Sgt. | O. | Jirsák | 33 | 787141 | ChAF | KIA | Oosterwolde | 2 2 60 | |
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | A. | Šesták | 22 | 787153 | ChAF | POW | - |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1939-1940’, page 120; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1939-July 1941’, page 34; Rijnhout, 'The Sky is our Ocean', page 25-26; Jansen, 'Gevleugeld Verleden', page 42-43 |
Version March, 2022