Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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1/2 Mar 43 | Bombing | Berlin | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Handley Page | Halifax | II | W7877 | TL-O | 35 Sqdn | RAF | 1824 | Graveley |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0037 | Shot down by Lt. A. Geiger of 7./NJG 1 | Crashed near Stokkum 2 km se of Markelo | Overijssel |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | S/Ldr. | P.C. | Elliot | 42401 | RAF | KIA | Markelo | 4 A 5 | ||
Flight Engineer | F/Sgt. | S.L.C. | Watts | 216038 | RAF | KIA | Markelo | 4 A 2 | ||
Navigator | F/Sgt. | G.C.H. | Chandler | 1258999 | RAF | EVD-POW | - | |||
Bomb Aimer | Sgt. | R.V. | Ledger | 21 | 1330439 | RAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 156 | |
Wireless Operator | F/Sgt. | G.S. | Sloman | 23 | AUS403036 | RAAF | KIA | Markelo | 4 A 4 | |
Mid Upper Gunner | Sgt. | D. | Kelly | 1384311 | RAF | KIA | Markelo | 4 A 1 | ||
Rear Gunner | F/Sgt. | T.N. | Sankey | 612042 | RAF | KIA | Markelo | 4 A 3 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1943’, page 54; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive January-June 1943’, page 35; Cornelissen, 'Van grasmat tot Fliegerhorst', page 292 |
Version March, 2022