Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T1834
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Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
13/14 Sep 42 Bombing Bremen
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
AVRO Lancaster I W4108 UG-B 1654 HCU RAF 2330 Wigsley
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0221 Shot down by Oblt. L. Becker of 6./NJG 2 Crashed Buitenweg at Oudehorne Friesland
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot P/O. E.F. Dowdell 25 103940 RAF KIA Nieuwe Horne 14 30
Flight Engineer Sgt. G.A. Walker 22 1105111 RAF KIA Nieuwe Horne 14 29
Navigator P/O. P.A. Vivian 21 NZ391872 RNZAF KIA Nieuwe Horne 14 32
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. J.J.W. Adams R/86603 RCAF KIA Nieuwe Horne 14 31
Wireless Operator F/Sgt. R. Robertson 24 652245 RAF KIA Nieuwe Horne 14 34
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. R.L. Moss 20 1338677 RAF KIA Nieuwe Horne 14 33
Rear Gunner Sgt. P.K. Jones 20 651576 RAF KIA Nieuwe Horne 14 28
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 216; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-December 1942’, page 94; Jansen, 'Wespennest Leeuwarden I', page 305

Version March, 2022