Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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16/17 Jul 41 | Bombing | Hamburg | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Vickers | Wellington | Ic | R1718 | KX-N | 311 Sqdn | RAF | 2307 | East Wretham |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0040 | Damaged over Hamburg; shot down by Ofw R. Schoenert of 4./NJG 1 | Crashed into IJsselmeer 5 km w of Lemmer | IJsselmeer |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | Sgt. | J. | Nyc | 27 | 787166 | ChAF | POW | - | ||
Second Pilot | Sgt. | K. | Stastny | 22 | 787170 | ChAF | POW | - | ||
Observer | P/O. | J. | Zafouk | 24 | 85217 | ChAF | POW | - | ||
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | P/O. | O. | Cerny | 21 | 82590 | ChAF | POW | - | ||
Front Gunner | Sgt. | F. | Knap | 29 | 787396 | ChAF | POW | - | ||
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | J. | Mares | 25 | 787393 | ChAF | KIA | Lemmer | C 10 261 | Drawned in aircraft |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1941’, page 94; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive July 1941-May 1942’, page 7; Veer van der, 'Luchtoorlog boven zuidwest Friesland', page 62 |
Version March, 2022