Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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13/14 May 43 | Bombing | Pilzen | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
AVRO | Lancaster | I | W4981 | OL-A | 83 Sqdn | RAF | 2154 | Wyton |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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2322 | Shot down by Oblt. L. Linke of 12./NJG 1 | Crashed near Eesterga 2 km n of Lemmer | Friesland |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | Sgt. | A.S. | Renshaw | 535117 | RAF | KIA | Lemmer | C 9 240 | ||
Flight Engineer | Sgt. | F.A. | Worsnop | 29 | 1083323 | RAF | KIA | Lemmer | C 9 239 | |
Navigator | Sgt. | J.E. | Lecomber | 1393387 | RAF | KIA | Lemmer | C 8 238 | ||
Bomb Aimer | Sgt. | H.R. | Williamson | 23 | 1365974 | RAF | KIA | Lemmer | C 9 241 | |
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | F/O. | S.W. | Gould | 47704 | RAF | POW | - | |||
Mid Upper Gunner | Sgt. | J.Mc.G. | Hargreaves | 32 | 1310051 | RAF | KIA | Lemmer | C 8 220 | Recovered in 1952 |
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | J.R. | Stone | 20 | 1333951 | RAF | KIA | Lemmer | C 8 237 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1943’, page 147; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive January-June 1943’, page 92; Jansen, 'Wespennest Leeuwarden II', page 182-185 |
Version March, 2022