Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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13/14 Sep 42 | Bombing | Bremen | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Handley Page | Halifax | II | BB205 | NP-B | 158 Sqdn | RAF | 2354 | East Moor |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0430 | Damaged by Flak of Bremen, overheated engines | Crashed at Ter Idzard 3 km ne of Wolvega | Friesland |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | Sgt. | F. | Caldwell | 655627 | RAF | POW | - | |||
Second Pilot | Sgt. | R.H.D. | Bren | 909207 | RAF | POW | - | |||
Navigator | Sgt. | C.A. | Hunt | R/78615 | RCAF | POW | - | |||
Bomb Aimer | Sgt. | J.J. | Reid | 1053920 | RAF | EVD-POW | - | |||
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | Sgt. | R.J. | Cantillon | 25 | AUS401230 | RAAF | POW | - | Captured morning 14 Sep 42 in Friesland | |
Mid Upper Gunner | Sgt. | D.F. | Readman | 946535 | RAF | POW | - | |||
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | L.J. | Soper | R/116639 | RCAF | POW | - |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 215; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-December 1942’, page 93; TNA WO344/54/2 for details Cantillon |
Version September, 2022