Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T2449
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
12/13 Jun 43 Bombing Bochum
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
AVRO Lancaster III ED584 EA-U 49 Sqdn RAF 2237 Fiskerton
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0237 Shot down by Oblt. A. Geiger of 7./NJG 1 Crashed Mariënheem between Luttenberg - Raalte Overijssel
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot P/O. J. Hutchison 52151 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 132
Flight Engineer Sgt. C.W. Dudley 20 1236721 RAF KIA Raalte 24
Navigator P/O. C.S. Olson 30 147766 RAF KIA Raalte 23
Bomb Aimer Sgt. E.W.H. Johnson 19 1577601 RAF KIA Raalte 25
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. B.R. Cripps 20 1383133 RAF KIA Raalte 22
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. E.H. Pearson 1628361 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 161
Rear Gunner F/Sgt. L.E. Workman 29 NZ414536 RNZAF KIA Raalte 26
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1943’, page 18; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive January-June 1943’, page 121; Cornelissen, 'Van grasmat tot Fliegerhorst', page 301-304

Version March, 2022