Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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19/20 Feb 44 | Bombing | Leipzig | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
AVRO | Lancaster | III | JB609 | PH-F | 12 Sqdn | RAF | 2323 | Wickenby |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0534 | Shot down by Ofw H. Vinke of 11./NJG 1 | Crashed along Schaarweg sw of Elspeet | Gelderland |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | F/Sgt. | N.C. | Bowker | 21 | 1577716 | RAF | KIA | Harderwijk | 1 44 | |
Flight Engineer | Sgt. | F.W. | Burdett | 21 | 1737563 | RAF | KIA | Harderwijk | 1 40 | |
Navigator | F/Sgt. | A.I. | Corlett | 1383128 | RAF | KIA | Harderwijk | 1 46-48 | ||
Bomb Aimer | Sgt. | E. | Gedge | 29 | 1228595 | RAF | KIA | Harderwijk | 1 42 | |
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | Sgt. | H.G. | Williams | 22 | 1312589 | RAF | KIA | Harderwijk | 1 46-48 | |
Mid Upper Gunner | W/O. II | J. | May | R/142029 | RCAF | KIA | Harderwijk | 1 50 | ||
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | E.S. | Goodridge | 24 | 1153626 | RAF | KIA | Harderwijk | 1 54 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1944’, page 83; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive January-March 1944’, page 89 |
Version March, 2022