Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T2775
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
30/31 Jul 43 Bombing Remscheid
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Short Stirling III BF519 HA-E 218 Sqdn RAF 2248 Downham Market
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0150 Shot down by Fw. H. Ternieden of E./NJG 2 Crashed in Sabina Henrica Polder at Heijningen Noord-Brabant
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/Sgt. R.E. Taylor 23 1525616 RAF KIA Bergen op Zoom 3 A 11
Flight Engineer Sgt. H.M. Cornes 1064514 RAF KIA Bergen op Zoom 3 B 8
Navigator Sgt. J. Ferguson 1554441 RAF KIA Bergen op Zoom 3 A 12
Bomb Aimer F/O. P.R. Johnson 125426 RAF KIA Bergen op Zoom 3 B 8
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. E.A. Bartlett 21 1383206 RAF KIA Bergen op Zoom 3 B 8
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. E.A. Stevens 36 1289680 RAF KIA Bergen op Zoom 13 C 5
Rear Gunner Sgt. E.C.A. Barnes 20 1586006 RAF KIA Numansdorp E 2 Washed up Nieuwendijk harbour 9 Aug 43
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1943’, page 253; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive June-September 1943’, page 48; KTB Flughafenbereich Gilze-Rijen

Version March, 2022