Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T1668
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Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
2/3 Jul 42 Bombing Bremen
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Handley Page Hampden I AE248 PT-A 420 Sqdn RAF Waddington
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0054 Shot down by Oblt E. Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of 5./NJG 2 Crashed near Koudum Friesland
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/Lt. K.E. Brown C/1037 RCAF POW -
Observer Sgt. R.O. Williams 24 1379360 RAF KIA Koudum A 1 15
Wireless Operator F/Sgt. R.W. Whytock R/56325 RCAF KIA Koudum A 1 16
Air Gunner Sgt. J.N. Waddington 22 979926 RAF KIA Koudum A 1 17
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, 'Bomber Command Losses 192', page 146, Jansen, 'Wespennest Leeuwarden I', page 284; Veer van der, 'Luchtoorlog boven zuidwest Friesland', page 95-102

Version January, 2024