Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T3549
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
24/25 Mar 44 Bombing Berlin
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
AVRO Lancaster I ME672 KM-A 44 Sqdn RAF 1902 Dunholme Lodge
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0030 Shot down by Oblt. J. Nabrich of 3./NJG 1 Crashed in swamp area De Flaesat at Lage-Mierde Noord-Brabant
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot P/O. B.M. Hayes 26 169583 RAF KIA Eindhoven KK 23
Flight Engineer Sgt. J.M. Ella 20 1622371 RAF KIA Eindhoven KK 22
Navigator Sgt. R.H.J. Wellfare 20 1397598 RAF KIA Eindhoven KK 24
Bomb Aimer Sgt. M. Fedoruk R/159150 RCAF EVD -
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. W.K. Walker 21 1076680 RAF KIA Eindhoven KK 26
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. K.L. Radcliffe 19 R/184322 RCAF KIA Groesbeek RCAF 16 B 13
Rear Gunner Sgt. W.G. Perrie 22 1552400 RAF KIA Eindhoven KK 27
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1944’, page 129; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive March-May 1944’, page 24

Version March, 2022