Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T3802
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
16/17 Jun 44 Bombing Sterkrade
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
Handley Page Halifax III NA514 SE-B 431 Sqdn RAF 2224 Croft
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0112 Shot down by Oblt. J. Nabrich of 3./NJG 1 Crashed at Groote Heide at Nistelrode Noord-Brabant
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/O. G.H. Blachford 27 J/27913 RCAF KIA Uden War Cem 5 B 2
Flight Engineer Sgt. J. Kennedy 1796561 RAF POW -
Navigator F/O. R.E. Carter 23 J/28855 RCAF EVD-Missing Runnymede Memorial 245 Killed 9 Jul 44
Bomb Aimer F/O. S.W. Lough 29 J/20830 RCAF KIA Uden War Cem 5 B 1
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. T. Masdin R/193919 RCAF EVD-POW - Arrested Antwerpen 22 Jul 44
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. D.H. Hattey R/112861 RCAF POW -
Rear Gunner F/O. I.L.E. Gould 19 J/90089 RCAF KIA Uden War Cem 5 A 7
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1944’, page 286; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-July 1944’, page 67

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