Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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20/21 Jul 44 | Bombing | Bottrop | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Handley Page | Halifax | III | MZ511 | LK-M | 578 Sqdn | RAF | 2305 | Burn |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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0111 | Shot down by Maj. M. Drewes of Stab III./NJG 1 | Crashed 3,5 km nw Heerde | Gelderland |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | F/Lt. | A.T. | Hope-Robertson | 21 | 127900 | RAF | KIA | Heerde | 664 | Found 31 Aug 44 |
Flight Engineer | Sgt. | G. | Johnson | 18 | 1590858 | RAF | KIA | Heerde | 660 | Found 21 Jul 44 |
Navigator | F/Sgt. | J. | Smith | 177571 | RAF | POW | - | wounded | ||
Bomb Aimer | F/O. | K.C. | Parsons | 130602 | RAF | EVD | - | |||
Mid Upper Gunner | F/Sgt. | T.R. | Gunn | 20 | 1433278 | RAF | KIA | Heerde | 659 | Found 21 Jul 44 |
Rear Gunner | F/Sgt. | G.H. | Jones | 23 | 1125703 | RAF | KIA | Heerde | 661 | Found 22 Jul 44 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1944’, page 340; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive May-July 1944’, page 125; Cornelissen, 'Van grasmat tot Fliegerhorst', page 407; Jansen, 'Wespennest Leeuwarden III', page 249-258 |
Version March, 2022