Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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23/24 Sep 44 | Bombing | Münster-Handorf Airfield | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
AVRO | Lancaster | I | LL901 | WS-V | 9 Sqdn | RAF | 1902 | Bardney |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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2325 | Shot down by Hptm. H.-W. Schnaufer of Stab IV./NJG 1 | Crashed near Populierendijk at Holterbroek near Holten | Overijssel |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | F/Lt. | C.B. | Scott | 22 | 176377 | RAF | KIA | Holten | 15 15 | |
Flight Engineer | Sgt. | J.E. | Simkin | 23 | 1448546 | RAF | KIA | Holten | 15 14 | |
Navigator | F/Sgt. | L.A. | Harding | 574158 | RAF | KIA | Holten | 15 13 | ||
Bomb Aimer | F/Sgt. | L. | Langley | 1394855 | RAF | EVD | - | |||
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | Sgt. | M.E. | Hayward | 21 | 1602875 | RAF | KIA | Holten | 15 13 | |
Mid Upper Gunner | Sgt. | F.A. | Saunders | 30 | 1803522 | RAF | KIA | Holten | 15 10 | |
Rear Gunner | Sgt. | L.J. | Hambly | 19 | 3010857 | RAF | KIA | Holten | 15 12 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1944’, page 434; Nachtjagd Combat Archive July-October 1944’, page 86; Cornelissen, 'Van grasmat tot Fliegerhorst', page 348 |
Version March, 2022