Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T2316
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
13/14 May 43 Bombing Bochum
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Vickers Wellington X HZ280 AS-Q 166 Sqdn RAF 0001 Kirmington
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0406 Shot down by Uffz. K. Scherer of 10./NJG 1 Ditched at IJsselmeer 15 km e of Wieringen IJsselmeer
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/O. W. Wahl 29 J/20354 RCAF KIA Amsterdam NOB 69 C 14
Navigator Sgt. S.A.H. Davis 28 R/135103 RCAF POW -
Bomb Aimer F/O. H.W. Newby 22 J/20835 RCAF POW -
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner F/Sgt. W.N. Partridge 22 R/114771 RCAF KIA Stavoren I 30 Washed up near Stavoren 27 May 43
Rear Gunner Sgt. J.A. Wright R/87125 RCAF POW-Repatriated -
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1943’, pag 148e; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive January-June 1943’, page 93; Veer van der, 'Luchtoorlog boven zuidwest Friesland', page 164-165

Version March, 2022