Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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17/18 Dec 42 | Bombing | Soltau | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
AVRO | Lancaster | I | W4266 | VN-N | 50 Sqdn | RAF | 1701 | Skellingthorpe |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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2110 | Shot down by Oblt. H. Lütje of 8./NJG 1 | Crashed n of Haerst ne of Zwolle | Overijssel |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | F/O. | N.E. | Goldsmith | 80127 | RAF | KIA | Zwolle (de Kranenburg) Gen Cem | K 1 2 | ||
Flight Engineer | Sgt. | R.W. | Game | 22 | 1264796 | RAF | KIA | Zwolle (de Kranenburg) Gen Cem | K 1 1 | |
Navigator | P/O. | W.J. | Farrelly | 27 | AUS404628 | RAAF | POW | - | Captured 17/18 Dec 42 Zwolle | |
Bomb Aimer | Sgt. | D.M. | Wilson | 21 | 1062601 | RAF | KIA | Zwolle (de Kranenburg) Gen Cem | K 1 4 | |
Wireless Operator | Sgt. | J.D. | Chapman | 1498555 | RAF | POW | - | |||
Mid Upper Gunner | F/Sgt. | J.H. | Mitchell | 920369 | RAF | POW | - | |||
Rear Gunner | F/O. | H. | Gilleland | 31 | 115640 | RAF | KIA | Zwolle (de Kranenburg) Gen Cem | K 1 3 |
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; Cornelissen, 'Van grasmat tot Fliegerhorst', page 402; TNA WO344/106/1 for details Farrelly |
Version March, 2022