Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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16/17 Dec 42 | Bombing | Diepholz | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Short | Stirling | I | R9168 | LS-T | 15 Sqdn | RAF | 1730 | Bourn |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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2009 | Shot down by Lt. W. Rapp of 7./NJG 1 | Crashed into woods e of Gortel near Epe | Gelderland |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | P/O. | F.S. | Millen | 21 | J/16197 | RCAF | KIA | Epe | 2 10 627 | |
Flight Engineer | Sgt. | G.C.G. | Hutton | 576008 | RAF | KIA | Epe | 2 10 626 | ||
Navigator | P/O. | E.H. | Kieswetter | 24 | J/16319 | RCAF | KIA | Epe | 2 10 616-118 | from USA |
Bomb Aimer | Sgt. | R.H. | McKillop | 25 | NZ404389 | RNZAF | KIA | Epe | 2 10 616-618 | |
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | P/O. | R.N. | Holmes | J/16538 | RCAF | KIA | Epe | 2 10 616-618 | ||
Mid Upper Gunner | P/O. | H.E. | Hill | J/16537 | RCAF | KIA | Epe | 2 10 625 | ||
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | J.F. | Perring | 539068 | RAF | POW | - |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 277; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-December 1942’, page 116; Cornelissen, 'Van Grasmat tot Fliegerhorst', page 402 |
Version March, 2022