Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T3220
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
16/17 Dec 43 Bombing Berlin
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
AVRO Lancaster I DV300 SR-W 101 Sqdn RAF 1625 Ludford Magna
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
1811 Shot down by Oblt. H.-W. Schnaufer of 12./NJG 1 Crashed n of Langesloot ne of Tacozijl Friesland
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/Lt. R.E. MacFarlane 21 J/16696 RCAF KIA Lemmer C 8 230
Flight Engineer Sgt. J.E. Clarke 21 1803722 RAF KIA Lemmer C 8 229
Navigator Sgt. L.D. Wilson 20 1621809 RAF KIA Lemmer C 8 228
Bomb Aimer Sgt. F.R. Westall 21 1394339 RAF KIA Lemmer C 8 221
Special Operator F/O. L.E. Thompson J/17581 RCAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 175
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. D.B. Harvey 1394496 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 152
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. J. Ireland 435308 RAF MIA Runnymede Memorial 154
Rear Gunner Sgt. E.R.E. Jordan 21 1275767 RAF KIA Lemmer C 8 231
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1943’, page 423; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive September-December 1943’, page 103; Jansen, 'Wespennest Leeuwarden III', page 80

Version March, 2022