Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T1821A
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Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
10/11 Sep 42 Bombing Düsseldorf
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Short Stirling I W7630 MG-M 7 Sqdn RAF 2013 Oakington
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
2330 Shot down by Hptm. S. Wandam of 3./NJG 1 Crashed e of Echt at farmland between Lilbosch Abbey and Pepinusbrug Limburg
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/Lt. L.R. Barr 28 43627 RAF KIA Jonkerbos 12 D 8 Initially buried Venlo
Second Pilot P/O. I.D. Fountain 27 J/9420 RCAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 100
Flight Engineer Sgt. M.S. Pepper 27 565929 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 91
Observer P/O. P.G. Freberg J/6659 RCAF EVD - Reached Gibraltar 21 Oct 42
Wireless Operator P/O. E.H. Cook 123290 RAF POW -
Front Gunner P/O. E.R.M. Runnacles 28 118622 RAF KIA Jonkerbos 12 D 8 Initially buried Venlo
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. J. Greenwood 19 1113288 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 84
Rear Gunner Sgt. P.B.P. Price 1266398 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 91
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 208; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-December 1942’, page 92; Jenissen & Hogenhuis, 'Ereschuld?'

Version April, 2023