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 |
Vickers | Wellington | IV | Z1470 | UV-R | 460 Sqdn | RAF | 2331 | Breighton |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0109 | Shot down by Oblt. E. Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of 5./NJG 2 | Crashed into IJsselmeer n of Urk | IJsselmeer |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | Sgt. | A.F. | Whittick | 22 | AUS404844 | RAAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 113 | |
Observer | P/O. | A.E.W. | Webb | 29 | AUS406272 | RAAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 111 | |
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | Sgt. | J.D. | Hancocks | 22 | AUS401237 | RAAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 112 | |
Front Gunner | P/O. | C.R. | Lark | 24 | AUS403409 | RAAF | POW | - | ||
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | A.E. | McCrae | 25 | AUS406444 | RAAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 112 |
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 |
Version September, 2022