Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T1187
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
14/15 Aug 41 Bombing Hannover
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Vickers Wellington Ic R1016 JN-A 150 Sqdn RAF 2145 Snaith
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0320 Hit by Flak over Hannover Ditched at IJsselmeer 2 km w of Workum IJsselmeer
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot Sgt. J.D. Elder 912857 RAF POW -
Second Pilot Sgt. H.H.M. Barton 20 1377210 RAF KIA Leeuwarden Northern General Cem 1 4
Observer Sgt. E.W. McConchie NZ391330 RNZAF POW -
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. H. Dodsworth 952803 RAF POW -
Front Gunner Sgt. C. Davies 947993 RAF POW -
Rear Gunner Sgt. J.W. Whittingham 549187 RAF POW -
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1941’, page 118; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive July 1941-May 1942’, page 27; Veer van der, 'Luchtoorlog boven zuidwest Friesland', page 68

Version March, 2022