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# | Name* | First Names | Title | Rank | RAF Equivalent Rank | Service No. | Born | Nationality | Role | Awards | Air Force | Command | Unit | DateofIncident *See Note | Aircraft | Type | Serial | Code | Victories (Fighters) | Base | Time | Mission | Incident | Fate | Commemorated | Photo (Click to Expand) | Referring Database | Notes | Links/Archive Reports |
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1 | Anderson | C T | Pilot Officer | Bomber Command | 49Sqn | 1943-09-23 | Lancaster | III | ED702 | EA-D | Fiskerton | 1833 | Mannheim | Shot down by Lt Heinz Grimm, IV./ NJG (Nachtjagdgeschwader) G9+CE I, awarded the Knight's Cross after his death. (Theo Boiten) | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | The last flight of ED702 being to Mannheim on the night of 23/24th Sept 1943, on the homeward leg of the sortie they were ‘Lost without trace’. Route believed – Clacton – 50 58N 0254E – 49 55N 0705E – Mannheim. The report from the Brunt crew states: ‘Amazing number of fighters flares over target’ while the Bull crew observed: ‘’Quite a number of fighters seen in target area by light of enemy flares.’ | ||||||||||||
2 | Bickle | W D | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 49Sqn | 1943-09-23 | Lancaster | III | ED702 | EA-D | Fiskerton | 1833 | Mannheim | Shot down by Lt Heinz Grimm, IV./ NJG (Nachtjagdgeschwader) G9+CE I, awarded the Knight's Cross after his death. (Theo Boiten) | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | The last flight of ED702 being to Mannheim on the night of 23/24th Sept 1943, on the homeward leg of the sortie they were ‘Lost without trace’. Route believed – Clacton – 50 58N 0254E – 49 55N 0705E – Mannheim. The report from the Brunt crew states: ‘Amazing number of fighters flares over target’ while the Bull crew observed: ‘’Quite a number of fighters seen in target area by light of enemy flares.’ | ||||||||||||
3 | buck | A W | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 49Sqn | 1943-09-23 | Lancaster | III | ED702 | EA-D | Fiskerton | 1833 | Mannheim | Shot down by Lt Heinz Grimm, IV./ NJG (Nachtjagdgeschwader) G9+CE I, awarded the Knight's Cross after his death. (Theo Boiten) | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | The last flight of ED702 being to Mannheim on the night of 23/24th Sept 1943, on the homeward leg of the sortie they were ‘Lost without trace’. Route believed – Clacton – 50 58N 0254E – 49 55N 0705E – Mannheim. The report from the Brunt crew states: ‘Amazing number of fighters flares over target’ while the Bull crew observed: ‘’Quite a number of fighters seen in target area by light of enemy flares.’ | ||||||||||||
4 | Ewan | E | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 49Sqn | 1943-09-23 | Lancaster | III | ED702 | EA-D | Fiskerton | 1833 | Mannheim | Shot down by Lt Heinz Grimm, IV./ NJG (Nachtjagdgeschwader) G9+CE I, awarded the Knight's Cross after his death. (Theo Boiten) | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | The last flight of ED702 being to Mannheim on the night of 23/24th Sept 1943, on the homeward leg of the sortie they were ‘Lost without trace’. Route believed – Clacton – 50 58N 0254E – 49 55N 0705E – Mannheim. The report from the Brunt crew states: ‘Amazing number of fighters flares over target’ while the Bull crew observed: ‘’Quite a number of fighters seen in target area by light of enemy flares.’ | ||||||||||||
5 | Green | G J | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 49Sqn | 1943-09-23 | Lancaster | III | ED702 | EA-D | Fiskerton | 1833 | Mannheim | Shot down by Lt Heinz Grimm, IV./ NJG (Nachtjagdgeschwader) G9+CE I, awarded the Knight's Cross after his death. (Theo Boiten) | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | The last flight of ED702 being to Mannheim on the night of 23/24th Sept 1943, on the homeward leg of the sortie they were ‘Lost without trace’. Route believed – Clacton – 50 58N 0254E – 49 55N 0705E – Mannheim. The report from the Brunt crew states: ‘Amazing number of fighters flares over target’ while the Bull crew observed: ‘’Quite a number of fighters seen in target area by light of enemy flares.’ | ||||||||||||
6 | Nugent | J P | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 49Sqn | 1943-09-23 | Lancaster | III | ED702 | EA-D | Fiskerton | 1833 | Mannheim | Shot down by Lt Heinz Grimm, IV./ NJG (Nachtjagdgeschwader) G9+CE I, awarded the Knight's Cross after his death. (Theo Boiten) | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | The last flight of ED702 being to Mannheim on the night of 23/24th Sept 1943, on the homeward leg of the sortie they were ‘Lost without trace’. Route believed – Clacton – 50 58N 0254E – 49 55N 0705E – Mannheim. The report from the Brunt crew states: ‘Amazing number of fighters flares over target’ while the Bull crew observed: ‘’Quite a number of fighters seen in target area by light of enemy flares.’ | ||||||||||||
7 | Paterson | R C | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 49Sqn | 1943-09-23 | Lancaster | III | ED702 | EA-D | Fiskerton | 1833 | Mannheim | Shot down by Lt Heinz Grimm, IV./ NJG (Nachtjagdgeschwader) G9+CE I, awarded the Knight's Cross after his death. (Theo Boiten) | Killed | Rheinberg War Cemetery | The last flight of ED702 being to Mannheim on the night of 23/24th Sept 1943, on the homeward leg of the sortie they were ‘Lost without trace’. Route believed – Clacton – 50 58N 0254E – 49 55N 0705E – Mannheim. The report from the Brunt crew states: ‘Amazing number of fighters flares over target’ while the Bull crew observed: ‘’Quite a number of fighters seen in target area by light of enemy flares.’ |
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