Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T2062A
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
19/20 Feb 43 Bombing Wilhelmshaven
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
AVRO Lancaster III ED485 GT- 156 Sqdn RAF 1807 Warboys
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
2116 Shot down by Oblt. P. Gildner of 1./NJG 1 Crashed into North Sea 15 km n of Vlieland North Sea
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot P/O. T.E. Case J/17539 RCAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 175
Flight Engineer Sgt. J.W. Denby 1256582 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 147
Navigator P/O. H.W. welch J/16600 RCAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 178
Bomb Aimer Sgt. E. Cuthbert NZ41575 RNZAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 198
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. H.A. McLennen AUS401243 RAAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 191
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. E.P.G. Bayliss 1041555 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 142
Rear Gunner P/O. P.Y.C. Tremblay J/17540 RCAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 178
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1943’, page 47; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive January-June 1943’, page 30

Version March, 2022