Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T5187
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
3/4 Feb 45 Bombing Bottrop
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
AVRO Lancaster I PD378 P4-L 153 Sqdn RAF 1600 Scampton
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
Probably shot down at 20.00 hrs by Hptm. G. Raht of Stab I./NJG 2 Crashed n of Eindhoven Noord-Brabant
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot F/O. D.B. Freeborn J/35289 RCAF SAFE - Bailed out over Holland
Flight Engineer Sgt. D.A.R. Morley 2225338 RAF SAFE - Bailed out over Holland
Navigator F/O. W.A. Brodie J/38744 RCAF KIA Groesbeek RCAF 15 D 9 Bailed out over Holland
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. H.V. Constable R/187728 RCAF SAFE - Bailed out over Holland
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner F/Sgt. J.A. Eastman R/218873 RCAF SAFE - Bailed out over Holland
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. T.L. Stalley 1594871 RAF SAFE - Bailed out over Holland
Rear Gunner Sgt. J.G. MacNamara R/269111 RCAF SAFE - Bailed out over Holland
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1945’, page 66; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd War Diaries 1944-1945’, page 248

Version March, 2022