Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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7/8 Sep 41 | Bombing | Berlin | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Vickers | Wellington | Ic | Z8845 | WS- | 9 Sqdn | RAF | 2030 | Honington |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0459 | Shot down by Oblt. H. Lent of 4./NJG 1 | Crashed near Bruggelaan at Terwispel | Friesland |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | Sgt. | J.C. | Saich | 20 | 1253402 | RAF | KIA | Gorredijk | A 3-6 | |
Second Pilot | Sgt. | R.A. | Banks | 21 | 1100940 | RAF | KIA | Gorredijk | A 3-6 | |
Observer | F/Sgt. | W.B. | Lowe | 28 | 516598 | RAF | KIA | Gorredijk | A 1 | |
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | Sgt. | W.R. | Balls | 20 | 952991 | RAF | KIA | Gorredijk | A 3-6 | |
Front Gunner | Sgt. | E. | Trott | 20 | 1062958 | RAF | KIA | Gorredijk | A 2 | |
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | A.S. | MacDonald | 27 | 1365180 | RAF | KIA | Gorredijk | A 3-6 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1941’, page 140; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive July 1941-May 1942’, page 43; Jansen, 'Wespennest Leeuwarden I', page 173-174 |
Version July, 2022