Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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29/30 Jun 42 | Bombing | Bremen | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Handley Page | Halifax | II | W1113 | LQ-G | 405 Sqdn | RAF | 2301 | Pocklington |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0108 | Shot down by Oblt. R. Sigmund of Stab II./NJG 2 | Crashed near Noordwolde | Friesland |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | P/O. | H.A. | Echinn | 22 | AUS402223 | RAAF | KIA | Noordwolde | G 1 6 | Served as Chinn |
Second Pilot | F/Sgt. | W.J. | Harrell | R/83419 | RCAF | KIA | Noordwolde | G 1 1 | from USA | |
Flight Engineer | Sgt. | A. | Simpson | 21 | 571779 | RAF | KIA | Noordwolde | G 1 7 | |
Navigator | W/O. | J.W. | Bell | 28 | R/64880 | RCAF | KIA | Noordwolde | G 1 3 | |
Bomb Aimer | Sgt. | W.P. | Beare | 1284966 | RAF | KIA | Noordwolde | G 1 4 | head stone mentions WOP/AG | |
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | F/Sgt. | P.P.A. | Oneson | 26 | R/56246 | RCAF | KIA | Noordwolde | G 1 8 | |
Mid Upper Gunner | F/Sgt. | W.J. | Dickinson | 25 | R/84563 | RCAF | KIA | Noordwolde | G 1 5 | from USA |
Rear Gunner | F/Sgt. | R.T. | Adams | 21 | 759300 | RAF | KIA | Noordwolde | G 1 2 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 144; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-December 1942’, page 42 |
Version March, 2022