Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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8/9 May 41 | Bombing | Bremen | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Vickers | Wellington | Ic | R1322 | SM-F | 305 Sqdn | RAF | 2256 | Syerston |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0048 | Shot down by Ofw. H. Rasper of 4./NJG 1 | Crashed into IJsselmeer 12 km ssw Lemmer | IJsselmeer |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | Sgt. | J.P. | Dorman | 30 | 780642 | PAF | KIA | Amsterdam NOB | 69 B 5 | |
Second Pilot | Sgt. | Z. | Gwozdz | 26 | 780156 | PAF | KIA | Amsterdam NOB | 69 C 21 | |
Observer | F/Lt. | M.W. | Socharski | 33 | P-1440 | PAF | KIA | Amsterdam NOB | 69 B 2 | Buried Sep 2017 |
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | Sgt. | H.F. | Sikorski | 24 | 780672 | PAF | KIA | Amsterdam NOB | 69 B 2 | Buried Sep 2017 |
Front Gunner | Sgt. | S. | Pisarski | 26 | 781063 | PAF | KIA | Amsterdam NOB | 69 E 21 | Was buried as unknown |
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | L. | Karcz | 25 | 780732 | PAF | KIA | Amersfoort | 13 12 3 | Washed up 1 Jul 1941 between Urk and Lemmer |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1941’, page 53; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1939-July 1941’, page 89 |
Version March, 2022