Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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2/3 Jul 42 | Bombing | Bremen | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Handley Page | Hampden | I | P5332 | PT-T | 420 Sqdn | RAF | 2305 | Waddington |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0140 | Shot down by Fw. H. Grimm of 5./NJG 2 | Crashed into Zwarte Meer near inlet Ganzendiep w of Genemuiden | Overijssel |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | F/Sgt. | C.G. | Wilde | 22 | R/85433 | RCAF | KIA | Amersfoort | 13 3 48 | |
Observer | Sgt. | A.D. | Bond | 30 | 1198862 | RAF | KIA | Vollenhove | 3 4 630 | |
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | F/Sgt. | T.E. | Crothers | 33 | R/69734 | RCAF | KIA | Amersfoort | 13 3 49 | |
Air Gunner | F/Sgt. | J.E. | Gibbs | 24 | R/91205 | RCAF | KIA | Vollenhove | 3 4 631 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 146; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-December 1942’, page 43; TNA AIR81/15977 |
Version September, 2022