Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T2911
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
29/30 Sep 43 Bombing Bochum
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
AVRO Lancaster III JA910 DX-H 57 Sqdn RAF 1827 East Kirkby
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
2137 Shot down by Oblt. F. Lau of 9./NG 1 Crashed Hogebroekseweg at Raalte Overijssel
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot P/O. A.R Wangler 149974 RAF POW -
Flight Engineer Sgt. S.E. Cornford 1234669 RAF POW -
Navigator Sgt. L. Barker 1233026 RAF POW -
Bomb Aimer Sgt. W.T.H. Curry 541404 RAF POW -
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. F.B. Raven 1322059 RAF POW -
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. B.M. Quinn R/182365 RCAF POW -
Rear Gunner Sgt. R. Roberts 2206826 RAF EVD-POW -
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1943’, page 341; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive September-December 1943’, page 20; Cornelissen, 'Van grasmat tot Fliegerhorst', page 403

Version March, 2022