Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945

Loss Register


Loss chart: T1973
Day or Night of operation Operation Target Nickname Aircraft
4/5 Jan 43 Bombing Essen
Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Code Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield
AVRO Lancaster I W4274 UV-B 460 Sqdn RAF 1726 Breighton
Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province
2019 Shot down by Hptm. R. Knacke of 1./NJG 1 Crashed De Dukenburg at Hatert near Nijmegen Gelderland
Function Mil Rank Ini Name Age Mil reg Air Force Fate Cemetery Grave Remarks
Pilot Sgt. H.G. Brooks 25 AUS405156 RAAF KIA Uden War Cem 4 G 8 Initially buried St. Petruskerk garden
Flight Engineer Sgt. J.H. Watson 24 546010 RAF KIA Uden War Cem 4 G 6-7 Initially buried St. Petruskerk garden
Navigator Sgt. F.E. Hutchinson 25 AUS411327 RAAF KIA Uden War Cem 4 G 6-7 Initially buried St. Petruskerk garden
Bomb Aimer Sgt. H.P. Gray 24 AUS405443 RAAF KIA Uden War Cem 4 G 9 Initially buried St. Petruskerk garden
Wireless Operator Sgt. R.T. Lonsdale 27 AUS403273 RAAF KIA Uden War Cem 4 G 10 Initially buried St. Petruskerk garden
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. E.J.B. Fletcher 29 AUS405547 RAAF KIA Uden War Cem 4 G 5 Initially buried St. Petruskerk garden
Rear Gunner Sgt. K.J.H. Harris 21 AUS408163 RAAF KIA Uden War Cem 4 G 4 Initially buried St. Petruskerk garden
Wartime Records Background Info
Operations Record Book Chorley, ‘Bomber Command Losses 1943’, page 15; Boiten, ‘Nachtjagd Combat Archive January-June 1943’, page 11

Version March, 2022