Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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7/8 Nov 41 | Bombing | Berlin | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Armstrong Whitworth | Whitley | V | Z6948 | EY-F | 78 Sqdn | RAF | 2231 | Croft |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0630 | Shot down by Oblt. L. Becker of 6./NJG 2 | Crashed between Oudemirdum and Nijemirdum | Friesland |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | P/O. | G.M. | McCombe | 25 | 104492 | RAF | KIA | Nijemirdum | 1 A 4 | |
Second Pilot | Sgt. | J.W. | Bell | 21 | 754397 | RAF | KIA | Lemmer | C 10 257 | |
Observer | Sgt. | G.T. | Webb | 924137 | RAF | KIA | Nijemirdum | 1 A 1 | ||
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | Sgt. | D. | Cameron | 985637 | RAF | KIA | Nijemirdum | 1 A 2 | ||
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | R. | Boucher | 759315 | RAF | KIA | Nijemirdum | 1 A 3 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1941’, page 175; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive July 1941-May 1942’, page 69; Jansen, 'Wespennest Leeuwarden I', page 185; Veer van der, 'Luchtoorlog boven zuidwest Friesland', page 75-80 |
Version March, 2022