Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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9/10 Aug 42 | Bombing | Osnabrück | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Vickers | Wellington | IV | Z1463 | UV-L | 460 Sqdn | RAF | 0010 | Breighton |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0307 | Shot down by Oblt. R. Knacke of 1./NJG 1 | Crashed Remmelinkdijk e of Keijenborg near Hengelo | Gelderland |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | F/Sgt. | J.A. | Finlay | 29 | AUS403175 | RAAF | KIA | Hengelo Gld | 1 | |
Navigator | Sgt. | R.A. | Ponton | 29 | AUS401080 | RAAF | KIA | Hengelo Gld | 5 | |
Bomb Aimer | W/O. | N. | Dan | 23 | AUS403561 | RAAF | KIA | Hengelo Gld | 4 | |
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | F/Sgt. | S.B. | Goord | 28 | NZ39099 | RNZAF | KIA | Hengelo Gld | 2 | |
Rear Gunner | F/Sgt. | K.A. | Smith | 27 | AUS402832 | RAAF | KIA | Hengelo Gld | 3 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 177; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-December 1942’, page 66 |
Version March, 2022