Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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23/24 Jan 43 | Bombing | Düsseldorf | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Avro | Lancaster | I | W4308 | UV-C | 460 Sqdn | RAF | 1714 | Breighton |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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2056 | Shot down by Oblt. W. Kuthe of 11./NJG 1 | Crashed at Warns near Scharl | Friesland |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | S/Ldr. | R.B. | Osborn | 74686 | RAF | POW | - | |||
Flight Engineer | Sgt. | I.H.S. | Hayes | 646058 | RAF | POW | - | |||
Navigator | F/O. | H.E.L. | Longworth | 19 | AUS403620 | RAAF | POW | - | ||
Bomb Aimer | Sgt. | J.V. | Conlon | 23 | AUS411084 | RAAF | KIA | Bakhuizen | 24 12 | |
Wireless Operator | Sgt. | P.H. | Martin | 26 | AUS406441 | RAAF | POW | - | ||
Mid Upper Gunner | Sgt. | R.A. | Brown | 21 | AUS401812 | RAAF | POW | - | ||
Rear Gunner | F/Sgt. | S.C. | Methven | 30 | AUS400391 | RAAF | KIA | Bakhuizen | 24 11 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1943’, page 26; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive January-June 1943’, page 19; Veer van der, 'Luchtoorlog boven zuidwest Friesland', page 122-125 and 313 |
Version September, 2022