Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T3279
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
2/3 Jan 44 Bombing Berlin
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
AVRO Lancaster I DV401 QR-Z 61 Sqdn RAF 2346 Skellingthorpe
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0130 Shot down by Ofw. H. Vinke of 11./NJG 1 Crashed at Boelenweg 1 in Bakhuizerhoog between Bakhuizen and Mirns Friesland
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/O. G.A. Tull 22 124570 RAF KIA Bakhuizen 24 20
Flight Engineer Sgt. G.E. Heasman 33 1607798 RAF KIA Bakhuizen 24 17
Navigator Sgt. J.G. Holden 20 1394468 RAF KIA Bakhuizen 24 16
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. J.S. Baldwin 20 R/164036 RCAF KIA Bakhuizen 24 22
Wireless Operator Sgt. J. Stock 22 1392768 RAF KIA Bakhuizen 24 18
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. C.G. Crosby 35 1593845 RAF KIA Bakhuizen 24 21
Rear Gunner Sgt. C. Ablett 1356442 RAF KIA Bakhuizen 24 19
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1944’, page 23; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive January-March 1944’, page 13

Version March, 2022