Dutch Airwar Studygroup 1939-1945

Loss Chart on: T2264

Day or Night of operation	Operation	Target	Nickname
4/5 May 43	Bombing	Dortmund

Factory	Aircraft	Mk	Serial/Wnr.	Call Sign	Unit	Air Force	TO/t	Airfield
AVRO	Lancaster	I	W4784	SR-E	101 Sqdn	RAF	2205	Holme-on-Spalding Moor

Time	Cause of the Crash	Crash Location	Damage	Province
0010	Shot down by NF Ofw. F. Kruse of 3./NJG 1	Crashed IJsselmeer 1 km n of Spakenburg		Flevoland

Source	Mag / Page	Additional sources
Chorley W.R. 'Bomber Command Losses 1943'	135	SGLO Bulletin 265/22 for location and time; Archive H. Welting for cause and crew data. Claim time 0110 hrs; AB266/23 T. Boiten

Function

Mil Rank

Ini

Name

Hon

Mil reg

Air Force

Cemetery

Grave

Remark

Pilot	Sgt.	W.	Nicholson		919205	RAF	Runnymede Memorial	160
Flight Engineer	Sgt.	B.W.	Squires		654516	RAF	Runnymede Memorial	165
Navigator	P/O.	N.	Ainsworth		49737	RAF	Runnymede Memorial	122
Bomb Aimer	F/O.	H.K.	Wainer		126745	RAF	Runnymede Memorial	130
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner	Sgt.	G.	Eastwood		1078947	RAF	Runnymede Memorial	148
Mid Upper Gunner	Sgt.	G.	Brick		1580102	RAF	Runnymede Memorial	143
Rear Gunner	Sgt.	D.W.	Rowley		1434822	RAF	Runnymede Memorial	163

Data on those who were killed from:	www.CWGC.org www.Volksbund.de www.abmc.gov	Design SGLO(V.1000104)
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