Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945
Loss Register
| Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/22 Jun 43 | Bombing | Krefeld | ||||||
| Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
| Short | Stirling | III | BK722 | HA-G | 218 Sqdn | RAF | 0016 | Downham Market |
| Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0150 | Shot down by Hptm. S. Wandam of 1./NJG 5, detached to Stab II./NJG 1 | Crashed along Chijnsgoed at Sterksel | Noord-Brabant |
| Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot | P/O. | D.R. | Rich | AUS414083 | RAAF | KIA | Eindhoven | EE 73 | ||
| Flight Engineer | F/Sgt. | H. | Hill | 636587 | RAF | POW | - | |||
| Navigator | F/Sgt. | F. | Fawcett | 24 | 1318687 | RAF | POW | - | Captured 22-06-43 near Eindhoven airfield, pow | |
| Bomb Aimer | Sgt. | B. | Kermode | 657663 | RAF | KIA | Eindhoven | EE 10 | ||
| Wireless Operator | F/Sgt. | A.J. | Small | 1315676 | RAF | POW | - | |||
| Mid Upper Gunner | W/O. | J.S. | McDonald | R/145804 | RCAF | POW | - | pow, died 19 march 1945 | ||
| Rear Gunner | Sgt. | S.H. | Burrows | 28 | 929453 | RAF | KIA | Eindhoven | EE 32 |
| Wartime Records | Background Info |
|---|---|
| Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1943’, page 195; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive January-June 1943’, page 127; Air War Bulletin 331, page 14-16; TNA WO344/106/1 for details Fawcett |
Version March, 2022