Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T3840
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Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
21/22 Jun 44 Bombing Scholven-Buer
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
AVRO Lancaster I LL955 ZN-E 106 Sqdn RAF 2310 Metheringham
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
0232 Crashed 2 km nw of Oosterwolde near Doornspijk Gelderland
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot P/O. J. Brodie 22 174302 RAF KIA Oosterwolde 2
Flight Engineer Sgt. F.H. Aldridge 20 1853526 RAF KIA Oosterwolde 2
Navigator F/Sgt. W. Brownlee 20 1560442 RAF KIA Oosterwolde 2
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. D.R.N. Keith 28 NZ416005 RNZAF KIA Oosterwolde 2
Wireless Operator Sgt. R. Sleep 21 1533681 RAF KIA Oosterwolde 2
Mid Upper Gunner P/O. R.E. Horton 19 J/88617 RCAF KIA Oosterwolde 2
Rear Gunner Sgt. G.F.L. O'Connell R/203907 RCAF KIA Oosterwolde 2
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1944’, page 289; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-July 1944’, page 74

Version March, 2022