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NOTE ON DATES: IMPORTANT: For consistency, the Date is given as the date the mission TOOK OFF since the precise time of a loss is not always certain. Take Off date is unambigous and fixed in the official records, but obviously in those cases where the incident occurred before midnight UK time, then the Take Off Date will be the same as the Incident Date. Of course, most Bomber Command missions flew through midnight, therefore a Luftwaffe claim against a plane - or a locally generated crash report - may record the incident as occurring on the day following our Take Off Date. Bear this in mind when cross-referencing to our Luftwaffe Victories by Name/Date Database and other Luftwaffe sources. In some cases other sources may quote the date following our date, using locally generated reports as their source. To add to the potential for confusion, remember to take into account a Luftwaffe recorded date will be in local time, 1 hour ahead of UK time. When we discover a validated Incident Date we change our record if necessary

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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Notes
1	Carrington	Edgell R	Pilot Officer	133251	Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-07-25	Halifax	II	JD330	EY-F	RAF Breighton, Yorkshire	2214	Essen	See archive report for full details. Shot down by nightfighter.	PoW No: 1810 Camp: L3 - Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria	None - understood to have survived the war	Read Archive Report
2	Daft	Christopher Harry George	Sergeant	1315406	Air Bomber		RAFVR	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-07-25	Halifax	II	JD330	EY-F	RAF Breighton, Yorkshire	2214	Essen	See archive report for full details. Shot down by nightfighter.	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 6.D.13	Read Archive Report
3	Davies	Reginald T	Sergeant	655244	Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-07-25	Halifax	II	JD330	EY-F	RAF Breighton, Yorkshire	2214	Essen	See archive report for full details. Shot down by nightfighter.	PoW No: 83712 Camp: 4B - Stalag M?_hlberg-Elbe	None - understood to have survived the war	Read Archive Report
4	Gale	Alex Edward	Pilot Officer	141551	Air Gunner	1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45	RAFVR	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-07-25	Halifax	II	JD330	EY-F	RAF Breighton, Yorkshire	2214	Essen	See archive report for full details. Shot down by nightfighter.	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 6.D.11	Read Archive Report Pilot Officer on 20 March 1943, and served during the Second World War as an Air Gunner with 78 Squadron. He flew his first operational sortie as 2nd Pilot in a raid on Aachen on 13-14 July 1943, and then as the Rear Gunner on the raid on Hamburg, Operation Gomorrah, on 24-25 July. Gale was killed in action when Halifax JD330, piloted by Pilot Officer E. R. Carrington, was shot down by a night-fighter whilst on a bombing raid to Essen, on 25-26 July 1943, and crashed over Dusiburg. Four of the crew were killed, with three of the crew, including the pilot, surviving and being taken Prisoner of War. By amazing coincidence the Luftwaffe Officer in whose charge the survivors had been put recognised the pilot, Pilot Officer Carrington, as they had been at school together. Gale is buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany. His medals were sent to his father, George Henry Gale. 10, Park Way, Southwick, Sussex
5	King	Frank Severne	Flying Officer	123223	W/Op/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-07-25	Halifax	II	JD330	EY-F	RAF Breighton, Yorkshire	2214	Essen	See archive report for full details. Shot down by nightfighter.	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 6.D.14	Read Archive Report
6	Marshall	H W	Sergeant	1480138	Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-07-25	Halifax	II	JD330	EY-F	RAF Breighton, Yorkshire	2214	Essen	See archive report for full details. Shot down by nightfighter.	PoW No: 83708 Camp: 4B - Stalag M?_hlberg-Elbe	None - understood to have survived the war	Read Archive Report
7	Morris	Thomas	Sergeant	1344250	Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-07-25	Halifax	II	JD330	EY-F	RAF Breighton, Yorkshire	2214	Essen	See archive report for full details. Shot down by nightfighter.	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 6.D.12	Read Archive Report

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