Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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8/9 Nov 42 | Gardening | Nectarines area | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Handley Page | Halifax | II | DT550 | MP-B | 76 Sqdn | RAF | 1701 | Linton-on-Ouse |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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2012 | Shot down by Flak | Crashed on Rottumerplaat | Waddenzee |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | F/Sgt. | G.G. | Sawatzky | R/106599 | RCAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 106 | ||
Flight Engineer | Sgt. | E.H. | Seares | 25 | 752001 | RAF | KIA | Oldebroek | 43-44 | Initially buried Rottumerplaat |
Navigator | F/O. | W.G. | Barrett | 120409 | RAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 66 | ||
Bomb Aimer | Sgt. | J. | McGauchie | 22 | 1148266 | RAF | KIA | Oldebroek | 43-44 | Initially buried Rottumerplaat |
Wireless Operator | Sgt. | C.R. | Finley | 22 | R/110336 | RCAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 103 | |
Mid Upper Gunner | Sgt. | R.H.G. | Bowkett | 22 | 1339505 | RAF | KIA | Oldebroek | 42 | Initially buried Rottumerplaat |
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | T.A. | Keech | 612229 | RAF | KIA | Sage War Cem | 7 D 13 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 257; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-December 1942’, page 112 |
Version March, 2022