Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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4/5 May 43 | Bombing | Dortmund | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Handley Page | Halifax | II | W7817 | VR-A | 419 Sqdn | RAF | 2301 | Middleton St. George |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0209 | Shot down by Oblt. A. Geiger of 7./NJG 1 | Crashed Kampernieuwstad w of Kampen | Overijssel |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | F/O. | C.J.L. | Vaillancourt | J/12563 | RCAF | POW | - | |||
Flight Engineer | Sgt. | A. | Jaynes | R/18054 | RCAF | POW | - | |||
Navigator | F/Lt. | D. | Grimshaw | 131904 | RAF | POW | - | |||
Bomb Aimer | Sgt. | N.M. | Douglas | 150737 | RAF | POW | - | |||
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | Sgt. | A.S. | Morrison | R/91314 | RCAF | POW | - | |||
Mid Upper Gunner | Sgt. | J.L. | Peck | R/120248 | RCAF | POW | - | |||
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | F.T. | Stanley | 20 | R/134212 | RCAF | KIA | Zwolle (de Kranenburg) Gen Cem | 3 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1943’, page 138; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive January-June 1943’, page 85; Cornelissen, 'Van grasmat tot Fliegerhorst', page 403 |
Version March, 2022