Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T1158A
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
2/3 Aug 41 Bombing Hamburg
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Vickers Wellington Ic R1800 SR-T 101 Sqdn RAF 2248 Oakington
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0034 Shot down by Fw. S. Ney of 4./NJG 1 Crashed into IJsselmeer 2 km nw Stavoren IJsselmeer
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot Sgt. W.R. Davey 1253258 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 42
Second Pilot Sgt. W. Watson 1104630 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 54
Observer Sgt. L. Hill 979240 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 45
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. G.A. Smith 22 974757 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 52
Front Gunner Sgt. W.H. Walker 21 982279 RAF KIA Leeuwarden Northern General Cem 1 3
Rear Gunner Sgt. T.C. Quinlan 927098 RAF KIA Scharl 12
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1941’, page 107; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive July 1941-May 1942’, page 14; Veer van der, 'Luchtoorlog boven zuidwest Friesland' page 64-65

Version March, 2022