Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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6/7 Apr 42 | Bombing | Essen | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Handley Page | Hampden | I | P1203 | UB-T | 455 Sqdn | RAF | 2355 | Wigsley |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0413 | Shot down by Oblt. Woltersdorf of 7./NJG 1 | Crashed near Heerderstrand 3 km nw of Heerde | Gelderland |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | Sgt. | A.H. | Wincott | 26 | 1283559 | RAF | KIA | Amersfoort | 13 2 28 | |
Observer | F/O. | T.E. | Roberts | 26 | AUS400105 | RAAF | KIA | Amersfoort | 13 2 27 | |
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | Sgt. | C. | Gammie | 22 | AUS402829 | RAAF | KIA | Amersfoort | 13 2 25 | |
Air Gunner | Sgt. | K.W. | McIlrath | 26 | AUS400282 | RAAF | KIA | Amersfoort | 13 2 26 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 62; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive July 1941-May 1942’, page 105; Cornelissen, 'Van grasmat tot Fliegerhorst', page 401 |
Version March, 2022