Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T3806
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 LW433 WL-W 434 Sqdn RAF 2254 Croft
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0053 Shot down by Uffz. H. Oppermann of 1./NJG 1 Crashed at Nederheide near Rucphen Noord-Brabant
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/Sgt. F.J. Haldenby R/155154 RCAF EVD-POW -
Flight Engineer Sgt. P.D.V. Ager 18 1874688 RAF KIA Zundert 1
Navigator F/Sgt. E.J. Downing R/170049 RCAF EVD-POW - Arrested 7 Jul 44 Antwerp
Bomb Aimer Sgt. J.H. Dougherty 23 R/64021 RCAF EVD-POW - Arrested 7 Jul 44 Antwerp
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner P/O. W.A. Good 21 J/89736 RCAF KIA Bergen op Zoom RCAF 7 G 11
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. T. Inverarity R/170349 RCAF EVD -
Rear Gunner P/O. A.E.C. Boehmer 19 C/87869 RCAF KIA Bergen op Zoom RCAF 7 G 10
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1944’, page 287; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-July 1944’, page 67; TNA WO344/94-1 for details Dougherty

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