Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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19/20 Jun 42 | Bombing | Emden | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Vickers | Wellington | III | Z1611 | DX-R | 57 Sqdn | RAF | 2345 | Feltwell |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0248 | Shot down by Oblt W. Bauer of 7./NJG 1 | Crashed Mekkelinkweg at Rhaan near Hellendoorn | Overijssel |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | Sgt. | D.W. | Ashworth | 19 | 1381000 | RAF | KIA | Hellendoorn | 4 | |
Observer | Sgt. | W.E. | Collis | 24 | 930440 | RAF | KIA | Hellendoorn | 2 | |
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | Sgt. | H.A. | Payne | 20 | 1375600 | RAF | KIA | Hellendoorn | 1 | |
Front Gunner | Sgt. | B. | Chadwick | 22 | 1185878 | RAF | KIA | Hellendoorn | 3 | |
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | C.J. | Morgan | 22 | 645324 | RAF | KIA | Hellendoorn | 4 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 127; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-December 1942’, page 28; Cornelissen, 'Van grasmat tot Fliegerhorst', page 283 and 402; Cornelissen, 'Huzaren van de Nacht I', page 234 |
Version March, 2022