Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T1472
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
10/11 Apr 42 Bombing Essen
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Handley Page Hampden I AE421 EA-P 49 Sqdn RAF 2129 Scampton
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
2258 Shot down by Oblt. R. Knacke 2./NJG 1, detached to 6./NJG 2 Crashed into IJsselmeer 10 km e of Enkhuizen IJsselmeer
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/O. R.P. Worthy 27 61231 RAF KIA Amersfoort 13 2 31
Observer Sgt. A.T.P. Considine 20 1077651 RAF KIA Scharl 13
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. J.W. Wilkinson 1050141 RAF KIA Sola Churchyard British plot E 11
Air Gunner Sgt. T.H. McGrenery 23 1052525 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 88
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 63; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive July 1941-May 1942’, page 107, Veer van der, 'Luchtoorlog boven zuidwest Friesland', page 83

Version March, 2022