Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T3634
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Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
27/28 Apr 44 Bombing Montzen
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Handley Page Halifax V LL243 WL-U 434 Sqdn RAF 2302 Croft
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0140 Shot down by Lt. G. Fengler of Stab IV./NJG 1 Crashed at Cartils castle at Wittem Limburg
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/O. G.F. Maffre 23 J/10973 RCAF KIA Maastricht 2 116 Croix de Guerre avec Palme
Flight Engineer Sgt. A.W. Fuller 1835994 RAF POW -
Navigator F/O. A.G. Stacey J/20960 RCAF EVD -
Bomb Aimer F/O. J.E.J. Arscott 131776 RAF EVD -
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner P/O. G.W. Snow 23 J/86562 RCAF KIA Maastricht 2 117 Croix de Guerre avec Palme
Mid Upper Gunner F/Sgt. R.A. Meek R/155027 RCAF KIA Maastricht 2 118 Croix de Guerre avec Palme
Rear Gunner P/O. V.J. Cownden J/88410 RCAF KIA Maastricht 1 93 Croix de Guerre avec Palme
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1944’, page 200; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive March-May 1944’, page 100

Version March, 2022