Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Version January, 2024