Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T3342
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 JA702 GT-Z 156 Sqdn RAF 1708 Warboys
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
2149 Shot down by Oblt. H.-H. Augenstein of 7./NJG 1 Crashed in Noordoostpolder old section H-46 between Urk and Emmeloord IJsselmeer
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot P/O. J.E. Rule 28 NZ416543 RNZAF KIA Vollenhove 3 4 622
Flight Engineer Sgt. E.A. Shorter 21 1726836 RAF KIA Vollenhove 3 4 623
Navigator Sgt. W.W. Cottam 1510799 RAF EVD-POW - Arrested Antwerpen 7 Aug 44
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. K.R. Ball 30 658450 RAF KIA Vollenhove 3 4 624
Wireless Operator Sgt. P. Coyne 972772 RAF EVD-POW - Arrested Antwerpen 7 Aug 44
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. G.A. Race 22 998929 RAF KIA Vollenhove 3 4 620
Rear Gunner Sgt. J.J. Sloan 22 1552498 RAF KIA Vollenhove 3 4 621
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1944’, page 67; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive January-March 1944’, page 70

Version April, 2022