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Halifax bomber crew members5/27/2023 Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include:īill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. Thanks to Karl Lusink for the corrections to the narrative (Nov 2022). Researched for Phil Robertson and for the relatives / friends of the crew. Inscription: " FATE LIES HID BUT NOT THE DEEDS THAT BRAVE MEN DID." Son of Fredrick and Jessie Oxley Bowman, husband of Kitty May Bowman, of Pocklington, Yorkshire, England. Son of Thomas James Whittington and Ethel May Wakeford of Petworth, Sussex, England. Born in 1st Qtr of 1924 in Petworth, Sussex. He trained as a teacher prior to joining RAAF. John Taylor Duggleby and Helen Eliza Duggleby, of 70 Richardson Street, North Essendon, Victoria, Australia. Born on the 12th January 1922 at Leongatha, Victoria, Australia. Inscription: "STILL LIVING, STILL LOVING, STILL OURS". Son of Isaac and Ann Bender husband of Jane Bender, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.įlt Sgt. Remembered on the Roll of Honour on the Scottish National War Memorial. Austin Maxwell J25924 RCAF, all seven crew KiA. 125430 RAFVR from Tonbridge, Kent, all seven crew KiA. MZ301 DY:M Piloted by 21 year old Sqn Ldr. James Kelso 1795060 RAFVR from Antrim, Northern Ireland, all seven crew KiA. MZ292 DY:C Piloted by 23 year old Flt Sgt. Eric Braddock 177675 RAFVR from Northwood, London, all seven crew KiA. LW192 DY:H Piloted by 22 year old Flt Sgt. 102 Squadron was devastated by this operation losing no less than 5 aircraft. 173 crew members being killed, 53 being made PoW and 9 evading capture. He died in the 28th March 1993Ī dreadful night for Bomber Command losing some 36 aircraft. Breves survived the war with 17 confirmed Abschüsse. Adolf Breves, his 6th Abschuss and 3rd of the night, from Stab IV./NJG1 over Steenderen, 9 km south of Zutphen at 3.600 m. This amounted to 159 aircrew being killed, 53 being made PoW. The loss to the allies was huge with a total of 21 bombers shot down by the German night fighters and another 10 by flak. 21 Germans were killed on the ground and a further 6 foreign workers. The main bomber force could do very little but bomb the demising glow of the markers through the cloud.Īllied photographic reconnaissance and the German reports agree that the bombing was scattered, although some bombs did hit the oil plant. 162 Halifaxes, 147 Lancasters and 14 Mosquitoes left to find the target area covered by a thick cloud and the markers dropped by the pathfinders very quickly disappeared. Took off at 23.12 hrs from RAF Pocklington part of a 321 aircraft raid on Sterkrade synthetic-oil plant in Northern Germany. standing for Oberschlesien, Upper Silesia). Wifred Chapman 1498555 RAFVR Age? PoW No: 209 *Īir Gnr (Rear): Sgt. Hubert Jack Wakeford 1397471 RAFVR Age 20. John Frederick Tweed 744733 RAFVR Age? PoW No: 635 *īomb Aimer: Flt Sgt. Adam John McDowall Barr 177680 RAFVR Age? KiAįlt Eng: Sgt. de Swart Gallery: Baker Crew, Geyer Crewĭate: 16th/17th June 1944 (Friday/Saturday).US Intelligence Analysis German Anti Aircraft.USAAF Combat Operations 1941-45 Worldwide.LOST Rob Philips Memorial Archive: Holland.Archiwum: Polish Air Force Archive: Data on 17,000.Ottawa Allied Air Forces Memorial Database.LOST Rob Philips Memorial Archive Dutch/2TAF Losses.Battle of Britain: Enhanced and Extended.Allied Non-British Graves in Europe managed by CWGC.Alamein Allied Air Forces Memorial 3000+.Aircrew Deaths & Resting Places Worldwide 1939 - 47 120,000+. ![]() Allied Losses and Incidents: all Commands.NEW! USAAF & Allies Non Combat Incidents and Losses.Vitz Archive: War Crimes Victims of Axis.Aces and Aviators International WW1 - 3000+. ![]()
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