Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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17/18 Dec 42 | Bombing | Nienburg | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Avro | Lancaster | I | ED355 | KM-D | 44 Sqdn | RAF | Waddington |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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2022 | Shot down by Hptm. H. Lent of Stab IV./NJG 1 | Crashed at Harich near Balk | Friesland |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | F/Sgt. | J.G. | Dening | 27 | AUS405576 | RAAF | KIA | Jonkerbos | 20 I 1 | Recovered 1951 and buried 19 Jun 52 |
Flight Engineer | Sgt. | J.A. | Callan | 23 | 567483 | RAF | KIA | Jonkerbos | 20 I 2 | Recovered 1951 and buried 19 Jun 52 |
Navigator | F/O. | M.A. | Nias | 24 | 120242 | RAF | KIA | Jonkerbos | 20 I 3 | Recovered 1951 and buried 19 Jun 52 |
Bomb Aimer | Sgt. | G.B. | Wilkinson | 1319418 | RAF | KIA | IJpecolsga | E 11 | ||
Wireless Operator | Sgt. | L.G. | Powell | 31 | 1359999 | RAF | KIA | Jonkerbos | 20 I 4 | Recovered 1951 and buried 19 Jun 52 |
Mid Upper Gunner | F/Sgt. | W.M.J. | Stark | R/92640 | RCAF | KIA | Jonkerbos | 20 I 5 | Recovered 1951 and buried 19 Jun 52 | |
Rear Gunner | F/Sgt. | E. | Croal | 27 | AUS411996 | RAAF | KIA | IJpecolsga | E 10 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1942’, page 278; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-December 1942’, page 120; Jansen, 'Wespennest Leeuwarden II', page 24; Veer van der, 'Luchtoorlog boven Zuidwest Friesland', page 107-120 |
Version October, 2022