Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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27/28 May 43 | Bombing | Essen | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Handley Page | Halifax | II | HR775 | NP-V | 158 Sqdn | RAF | 2253 | Lissett |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0137 | Shot down by Lt. H.-H. Augenstein of 7./NJG 1 | Crashed Okkenbroekstraat at Nieuw Heeten - Okkenbroek | Overijssel |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | F/Sgt. | W.H. | Wyatt | 21 | R/99557 | RCAF | KIA | Raalte | 15-16 | |
Flight Engineer | Sgt. | W.J. | Erdbeer | 22 | 1037117 | RAF | KIA | Raalte | 12 | |
Navigator | Sgt. | J.L. | Atha | 1436421 | RAF | KIA | Raalte | 14 | ||
Bomb Aimer | Sgt. | R.A. | Tilbury | 1337416 | RAF | KIA | Raalte | 17 | ||
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | Sgt. | G. | Henderson | 1294468 | RAF | KIA | Raalte | 15-16 | ||
Mid Upper Gunner | Sgt. | R.R. | Mantha | 19 | R/151473 | RCAF | KIA | Raalte | 13 | |
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | J. | Simmons | 21 | 1334759 | RAF | KIA | Raalte | 11 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1943’, page 166; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive January-June 1943’, page 106; Cornelissen, 'Van grasmat tot Fliegerhorst', page 300 and 404 |
Version March, 2022