Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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11/12 Jun 43 | Bombing | Düsseldorf | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Vickers | Wellington | X | HE593 | AL-Z | 429 Sqdn | RAF | 2300 | East Moor |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0117 | Shot down by Ofw. B. Eikmeier of 2./NJG 1 | Crashed near Zijtaart sw of Veghel | Noord-Brabant |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | F/Sgt. | R.F. | Conroy | R/144158 | RCAF | EVD | - | Returned to UK 2 Oct 43. KIA 24 Mar 44 | ||
Navigator | W/O. I | G.A. | Leitch | 27 | R/63913 | RCAF | KIA | Eindhoven | JJB 71-72 | |
Bomb Aimer | P/O. | G.R. | Densmore | 23 | J/17486 | RCAF | KIA | Eindhoven | JJB 70 | |
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | W/O. | G.A. | Nelson | 20 | R/10521 | RCAF | KIA | Eindhoven | JJB 71-72 | |
Rear Gunner | W/O. | J | Burns | 25 | R/144158 | RCAF | KIA | Groesbeek RCAF | 16 F 11 | from USA |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1943’, page 179; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive January-June 1943’, page 114; www.6bombergroup.ca/Operations for radio letter |
Version March, 2022