Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T3340
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Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
30/31 Jan 44 Bombing Berlin
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
AVRO Lancaster III JB659 OF-J 97 Sqdn RAF 1710 Bourn
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
2215 Shot down by H.-W. Schnaufer of 12./NJG 1 Crashed at farm Machineweg 10 at Haarlemmerliede Noord-Holland
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot P/O. A.R. Hart 22 AUS412434 RAAF KIA Zwanenburg B C 15
Flight Engineer Sgt. L. Clifton 24 1146496 RAF KIA Zwanenburg B C 15 Recovered 2000
Navigator F/Sgt. H.J. Boal 20 AUS409497 RAAF KIA Zwanenburg B C 15 Recovered 2000
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. G.I. Williams 21 R/119950 RCAF KIA Zwanenburg B C 15
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. W.J. Jones 21 1131932 RAF KIA Zwanenburg B C 15 Recovered 2000
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. D.F. Hicks 24 1397995 RAF KIA Zwanenburg B C 15 Recovered 2000
Rear Gunner F/Sgt. C.M. Price 30 R/182206 RCAF KIA Zwanenburg B C 15 Recovered 2000
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1944’, page 66; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive January-March 1944’, page 70

Version March, 2022