Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T2437
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
Vickers Wellington X HE392 SE-L 431 Sqdn RAF 2325 Burn
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0246 Shot down by Lt. H. Grimm of Stab IV./NJG 1 Crashed Slikkerdijk at Oudesluis Noord-Holland
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot S/Ldr. W.E. Mulford 28 37202 RAF KIA Bergen op Zoom 2 AA 11-12 Recovered Sep 1991
Navigator F/O. C.A. McDougall 24 J/22548 RCAF KIA Bergen op Zoom 2 AA 11-12 Recovered Sep 1991
Bomb Aimer W/O. II J.G. Breen 19 R/108675 RCAF KIA Bergen op Zoom 2 AA 11-12 Recovered Sep 1991
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. J.R. Bell 22 1127149 RAF KIA Bergen op Zoom 2 AA 11-12 Recovered Sep 1991
Rear Gunner F/Sgt. E.S. Rheaume 23 R/111159 RCAF KIA Bergen op Zoom 28 B 12 Initially buried at Petten
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1943’, page 180; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive January-June 1943’, page 115; Jansen, 'Wespennest Leeuwarden II', page 214-215

Version March, 2022