Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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