Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T2428
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
11/12 Jun 43 Bombing Düsseldorf
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
AVRO Lancaster I ED914 PM-Z 103 Sqdn RAF 2326 Elsham Wolds
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0300 Shot down by Lt. H.-H. Augenstein of 7./NJG 1 Crashed at Heeten near Raalte Overijssel
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot W/O. P.J. Scholes 1437965 RAF POW -
Flight Engineer F/Sgt. A. Cook R/157058 RCAF KIA Raalte 21
Navigator F/O. W.J. Harding-Haydon 133330 RAF KIA Raalte 20
Bomb Aimer Sgt. K.W. Woodcock 1234835 RAF POW -
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. R. Watkinson 20 1333776 RAF KIA Raalte 27
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. G. Price 936200 RAF POW -
Rear Gunner Sgt. E. Russel 21 1317088 RAF KIA Raalte 19
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1943’, page 177; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive January-June 1943’, page 115; Cornelissen, 'Van grasmat tot Fliegerhorst', page 404

Version March, 2022