Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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26/27 Apr 41 | Bombing | Emden | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Vickers | Wellington | Ic | R1281 | WS- | 9 Sqdn | RAF | 2044 | Honington |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0330 | Hit by Flak near Emden | Crash landed 500 m n of road Ommen - Hardenberg at hamlet of Arrien near Ommen | Overijssel |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | Sgt. | R.G. | Damman | 27 | AUS400051 | RAAF | EVD-POW | - | ||
Second Pilot | Sgt. | R.M. | Trundle | 745529 | RAF | POW | - | |||
Observer | Sgt. | D.B. | Reid | 910503 | RAF | POW | - | |||
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | Sgt. | R.R.Mc. | Graham | 20 | 619759 | RAF | EVD-POW | - | Captured 1 May 1941 at Twello | |
Front Gunner | Sgt. | B.S. | Jacobs | 908595 | RAF | POW | - | Baled out | ||
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | B.W. | Channning | 906225 | RAF | POW | - | Baled out |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1941’, page 46; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1939-July 1941’, page 82; TNA WO344/123/1 for details Graham; Cornelissen, 'Van grasmat tot Fliegerhorst', page 276 |
Version September, 2022