Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T1658
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Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
29/30 Jun 42 Bombing Bremen
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Handley Page Halifax II W7714 LQ-K 405 Sqdn RAF 2306 Pocklington
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0214 Shot down by Maj. A. Helm of II./NJG 2 Crashed near Deersum and Sybrandaburen Friesland
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot W/O. II L. Sidney 23 R/58531 RCAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 102
Flight Engineer Sgt. C.S. Walsh R/54847 RCAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 107
Navigator Sgt. E.K. Brennan 26 R/74994 RCAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 102
Bomb Aimer Sgt. G.A. White 40 1063335 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 96
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner F/Sgt. R.A.A. Gorieu 26 R/62217 RCAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 104
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. T.G. Gunn 29 912780 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 84
Rear Gunner F/Sgt. C.P. Philp 24 972384 RAF KIA Deersum 17 1
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 144; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-December 1942’, page 42

Version March, 2022