Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T0991
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
9/10 Apr 41 Bombing Emden
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Vickers Wellington II W5375 PH-D 12 Sqdn RAF 2230 Binbrook
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0059 Shot down by Oblt. Prinz E. zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of 4./NJG 1 Crashed into IJsselmeer near Harderwijk Flevoland
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot W/Cdr. V.Q. Blackden 34 16236 RAF KIA Lemmer C 10 260 Recovered from IJsselmeer 5 km w Lemmer 22 Jul 1941
Second Pilot P/O. J.C.A. Bond 85271 RAF KIA Bergen NH 1 E 9 Washed ashore near Andijk 5 Jun 1941
Observer F/O. J.D.V. Broughton 33 82722 RAF KIA Lemmer C 10 262 Washed ashore Noordoostpolder near Lemmer 27 Jun 1941
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. G.H. Bishop 28 747971 RAF KIA Amersfoort 13 8 171 Washed ashore Dyke Urk-Kampen and buried at Urk 10 Sep 1941
Front Gunner F/Sgt. D. McDougall 24 751148 RAF KIA Amersfoort 13 9 192 Recovered from the IJsselmeer and buried at Urk 25 May 1941
Rear Gunner F/O. H. Marshall 30 77376 RAF KIA Harderwijk 2 11 Washed ashore at Hoophuizen near Hulshorst 12 Jul 1941
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1941’, page 39; Boiten,‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1939-July 1941’, page 78; Veer van der, 'Luchtoorlog boven zuidwest Friesland', page 60

Version March, 2022