Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T1543
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
30/31 May 42 Bombing Köln
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Vickers Wellington Ic N2851 -F3 23 OTU RAF 2312 Stradishall
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0114 Shot down by night fighter Crashed Maasdamseweg at 's-Gravendeel Zuid-Holland
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/Sgt. W.R.C. Johnston R/86418 RCAF KIA Rotterdam LL 1 16
Observer Sgt. M.L. Glenton-Wright 26 AUS04913 RAAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 112
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. G.F. Bolton 27 AUS401412 RAAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 112
Front Gunner Sgt. J. Donn-Patterson 26 AUS403132 RAAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 112
Rear Gunner Sgt. R.A. Broodbank 24 AUS405256 RAAF KIA Rotterdam LL 2 17
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 104; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-December 1942’, page 10

Version March, 2022