Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T1431
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
8/9 Mar 42 Bombing Essen
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
AVRO Manchester I R5779 OL-G 83 Sqdn RAF 0150 Scampton
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0349 Shot down by Ofw. P. Gildner of 5./NJG 2 Crashed bank of Oranje-kanaal at Oranje near Smilde Drenthe
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/O. R.W. Cooper 24 60121 RAF KIA Hoogersmilde 3 4 15
Second Pilot Sgt. J.T.H. Mowat 18 1057893 RAF KIA Hoogersmilde 3 4 14
Observer Sgt. M.J.C. Cross 22 913609 RAF KIA Hoogersmilde 3 4 18
Wireless Operator Sgt. G.W. Dalby 21 1310838 RAF KIA Hoogersmilde 3 4 16
Front Gunner Sgt. G.W. Rex 21 1252286 RAF POW - Captured 10 Mar 42 Oosterwolde
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. A.F. Key 628343 RAF POW -
Rear Gunner Sgt. C. Broad 21 749326 RAF KIA Hoogersmilde 3 4 17
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 43; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive July 1941-May 1942’, page 90; Jansen, 'Wespennest Leeuwarden I', page 213-217

Version March, 2022