Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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22/23 Nov 43 | Bombing | Berlin | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Handley Page | Halifax | II | LW231 | VR-F | 419 Sqdn | RAF | 1633 | Middleton St. George |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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1900 | Crashed in Staatsbos near Diever | Drenthe |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | P/O. | W.L. | Hunter | 21 | J/86851 | RCAF | KIA | Diever | E 5 3 | |
Flight Engineer | Sgt. | W.B. | Jones | 18 | 1814011 | RAF | KIA | Diever | E 5 4-7 | |
Navigator | F/O. | R.J. | Newman | 21 | J/21637 | RCAF | KIA | Diever | E 5 4-7 | |
Bomb Aimer | F/Sgt. | M.A. | McKellar | 20 | R/157077 | RCAF | KIA | Diever | E 5 4-7 | |
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | Sgt. | G.A. | Howitson | 21 | R/225109 | RCAF | KIA | Diever | E 5 4-7 | |
Mid Upper Gunner | Sgt. | G.A. | May | 19 | R/197082 | RCAF | KIA | Diever | E 5 2 | |
Rear Gunner | W/O. II | J.A. | Lesage | R/65939 | RCAF | KIA | Diever | E 5 1 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1943’, page 392; Jansen, 'Wespennest Leeuwarden III', page 47 |
Version March, 2022