Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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6 Dec 42 | Operation Oyster | Eindhoven | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Lockheed | Ventura | II | AE940 | YH-T | 21 Sqdn | RAF | 1127 | Methwold |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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1232 | Shot down by Flak | Crashed into Philips factory building 'SQ' at Eindhoven | Noord-Brabant |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | F/Lt. | K.S. | Smith | 82499 | RAF | KIA | Eindhoven | JJ 140 | ||
Navigator/Bomb Aimer | F/Lt. | W. | Martin | 23 | AUS402450 | RAAF | KIA | Eindhoven | JJ 137 | |
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | Sgt. | W.P. | Gregory | 23 | 961670 | RAF | KIA | Eindhoven | JJ 141-146 | |
Air Gunner | Sgt. | A.T. | Milton | 33 | 1378025 | RAF | KIA | Eindhoven | JJ 141-146 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 269; Zwanenburg, 'En nooit was het stil I', page 434-439; Lageberichte WBN |
Version March, 2022