Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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8/9 Jul 42 | Bombing | Wilhelmshaven | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Vickers | Wellington | III | X3557 | AA-X | 75 Sqdn | RAF | Feltwell |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0130 | Shot down by Hptm H. Lent of Stab II./NJG 2 | Crashed into Waddenzee s of Rottumeroog | Waddenzee |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | P/O. | T.H. | Smith | 24 | NZ41953 | RNZAF | KIA | Oldebroek | 41 | Initially buried Rottumeroog 9 Jul 42 grave 22 |
Second Pilot | P/O. | D.N. | Potts | 25 | NZ412267 | RNZAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 116 | |
Observer | P/O. | A.S. | Broun | NZ405367 | RNZAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 115 | ||
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | Sgt. | F.E. | McKenzie | 22 | NZ391085 | RNZAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 117 | |
Front Gunner | Sgt. | G.A. | Young | 21 | NZ405771 | RNZAF | KIA | Schiermonnikoog | 84 | |
Rear Gunner | P/O. | J.R. | Gavegan | 30 | NZ402128 | RNZAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 116 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 148; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-December 1942’, page 46; TNA AIR25/66 for radio letter |
Version March, 2022