Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T1839
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
Vickers Wellington Ic X9786 -F 26 OTU RAF 2353 Wick
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0548 Shot down by Hptm. W. Dormann of Stab III./NJG 1 Crashed into IJsselmeer 2 km w of Elburg Flevoland
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot P/O. R.L. Hage 22 119024 RAF KIA Amsterdam NOB 85 A 9
Observer Sgt. K.D. Jones 1128890 RAF KIA Amsterdam NOB 85 C 7
Observer Sgt. A.K. Smith 27 656553 RAF KIA Amsterdam NOB 85 B 8
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. D. Fisher 33 1265865 RAF KIA Amsterdam NOB 85 B 7
Rear Gunner Sgt. J.A. Gartlan R/79372 RCAF POW -
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 214; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-December 1942’, page 94; Cornelissen, 'Van grasmat tot Fliegerhorst', page 402; Jansen, 'Wespennest Leeuwarden I', page 305-306

Version March, 2022