Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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12/13 Jun 43 | Bombing | Bochum | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
AVRO | Lancaster | III | ED603 | OL-L | 83 Sqdn | RAF | 2301 | Wyton |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0211 | Shot by Oblt. R. Sigmund of 10./NJG 1 | Crashed into IJsselmeer 5 km e of Den Oever | IJsselmeer |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | F/Lt. | E.A. | Tilbury | 25 | 127147 | RAF | KIA | Stavoren | I 29 | Washed up 22 Jun 43 |
Flight Engineer | P/O. | A.B. | Smart | 51914 | RAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 133 | ||
Navigator | P/O. | H.E. | Howsam | 31 | 146295 | RAF | KIA | Workum | D 1 9 | Washed up 23 Jun 43 |
Bomb Aimer | P/O. | A.G. | Fletcher | 20 | J/17802 | RCAF | KIA | Workum | D 1 8 | Washed up 21 Jun 43 |
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | F/Sgt. | R.E. | Moore | 52074 | RAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 132 | ||
Mid Upper Gunner | P/O. | C.F.J. | Sprack | 24 | 51543 | RAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 133 | |
Rear Gunner | F/O. | G.R. | Sugar | 22 | 127055 | RAF | KIA | Hindeloopen | D 1 B | Recovered from IJsselmeer 22 Jun 43 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1943’, page 182; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive January-June 1943’, page 120 |
Version March, 2022