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Royal Air Force Losses 1944

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01/02.01.1944 No. 9 Squadron Lancaster III JA711 F/O. Ward

Location: Weyhausen.

Above left: Pilot, F/O. Geoffrey Ward. Right, W/Operator, Sgt. George Bedwell (see credits)

1944-01-01T23:00:00+00:00

01/02.01.1944 No. 156 Squadron Lancaster III JA925 Sq/Ldr. Fawcett D.F.C

Location: Berlin-Danlen (Kiebitz weg und Domane)

1944-01-01T23:00:00+00:00

01/02.01.1944 No. 467 Squadron Lancaster III LM372 Fl/Lt. Patkin

Location: Altmerdingsen.

Thought to be the crew of LM372 with who we know is Sgt. Ralph Chambers 2nd from left and Sgt. Litchfield front row, first left (Courtesy Brigadier Andrew Paviour, Bernice Cox via Linda Ibrom)

1944-01-01T23:00:00+00:00

01/02.01.1944 No. 626 Squadron Lancaster III DV190 Sgt. Berry

Location: Gardelegen, Germany.

Sgt. Victor Nelson Trayler (see credits)

1944-01-01T23:00:00+00:00

01/02.01.1944 No. 61 Squadron Lancaster III LM377 F/O. Sharpe.

Location: Büren, Germany.

Crew of Lancaster LM377 (Courtesy John Shirley via Linda Ibrom, see credits)

1944-01-01T23:00:00+00:00

27.01.1944 No.84 O.T.U. Wellington X HZ484 F/Lt Kirton

Location: Arthingworth, Northamptonshire, England.

Young James Kirton pictured here, front row, first left in the school rugby team 1933-34

1944-01-26T23:00:00+00:00

30/31.01.1944. No 550 Squadron R.A.F Lancaster I. DV305. F/O Morrison

Location: Forced landing emergency airfield Woodbridge

Lancaster DV305 photographed from the starboard side, following landing at the emergency landing ground Woodbridge.

1944-01-30T23:00:00+00:00

05.02.1944 No.26 O.T.U. (Operational Training Unit) Wellington X JA455 Sgt Bowe

Location: Fox Covert Wood, Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, England.

Crash site location, Fox Covert, Stewkely Road, Wing, Buckinghamhire. (google earth)

1944-02-04T23:00:00+00:00

20.02.1944 No.10 Squadron R.A.F. Halifax II LW324 F/Sgt Walker

Location: Lessien, Germany.

Halifax II’s of No.10 Squadron pictured in flight (IWM)

1944-02-19T23:00:00+00:00

20.02.1944 No.61 Squadron Lancaster I HK538 F/O Wallis

Location: Lessien, Germany.

The ill-fated pilot, Hubert Wallis (A.R.Society.)

1944-02-19T23:00:00+00:00

19/20.02.1944 No. 408 Squadron Lancaster II LL720 F/Lt Winn

Location: Paal the Netherlands.

Sister aircraft Avro Lancaster B Mark II, LL725 'EQ-C', of No. 408 Squadron RCAF, on the ground at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire. Armourers are backing a tractor and trolley loaded with a 4,000 lb HE bomb ('Cookie') and incendiaries under the open bomb-bay. LL725 was lost over Hamburg on 28/29 July 1944.

1944-02-19T23:00:00+00:00

24/25. 03. 1944. No. 625 Squadron R.A.F. Lancaster I. ED317. Fl/Sgt. Jamieson.

Location: Lagenalza, Germany.

Fl/Sgt. Ronald Jamieson

1944-03-24T23:00:00+00:00

31.03.1944 No.97 Squadron RAF Lancaster III ND640 F/Lt Hyde

location: Münchholzhausen 5 km ESE of Wetzlar, Germany. + Updated 2015

The locals visit the crash site of Lancaster ND640 (via Jeckel)

1944-03-30T23:00:00+00:00

10/11.04.1944 10 Squadron Halifax III LZ858 Fl/Lt Barnes.

Location: Lechelle, France.

Halifax III (Society Archives)

1944-04-10T22:00:00+00:00

18.04.1944. No. 51 Squadron Halifax III HX350 Flt/Sgt. Sarjantson

Location: Near the village of Davescourt, France.

Crew of Halifax HX350. (Peter Myers)

1944-04-17T22:00:00+00:00

23/24.04.1944. No.77 Squadron. Halifax V. LL235 F/Lt Thompson

Location: 15 km NNE of Sonderborg off the Danish island of Als, Denmark.

Sea mines wait to be loaded aboard a Halifax V of 77 Squadron (IWM)

1944-04-23T22:00:00+00:00

27.04.1944 No.18 (PAFU) R.A.F. Oxford I LX196 F/O Moore

Location: Frankton, near Rugby, Warwickshire, England.

F/O Gregor Stephen Moore. (Courtesy Jeanne Boyle)

1944-04-26T22:00:00+00:00

11.05.1944 No.515 Squadron Mosquito FBVI NS932 P/O Ecclestone

Location: Wemeldinge, Netherlands.

Pilot Officer Thomas Stanley Ecclestone.

1944-05-10T22:00:00+00:00

15.05.1944. No. 403 squadron (R.C.A.F.) Spitfire BR986. F/O Lane.

Location: Caen area Normandy France.

Flying Officer William Thompson Lane on the tail of his Spitfire BR986 BH-Z.

1944-05-14T22:00:00+00:00

02.06.1944 N0. 403 Squadron R.C.A.F. Spitfire IX. MK742. F/Lt. Hodgson.

Location: Herbecourt France.

PILOT: F/Lt. John Hodgson. R.C.A.F. J/5667.

1944-06-01T22:00:00+00:00

17.06.1944 No.10 Squadron R.A.F. Halifax III LV825 P/O Leitch

Location: Rawcliffe, near Goole, Yorkshire, England.

Back row: Sgt Crawford, Sgt Lewington, Sgt Dummer, F/Sgt Coleman. Front row: Sgt Pearce, P/O Leitch and Sgt McCarroll (Dummer).

1944-06-16T22:00:00+00:00

28/29th June 1944. No 102 Squadron Halifax III Lw143 Fl/Sgt.Campbell

Location: Gisors-Gourmay area, France

Left to right above: Jack Wilson, Nigel Campbell and Noel Pardon.

1944-06-28T22:00:00+00:00

30. 06/01. 07. 1944. No. 101 Squadron R.A.F. Lancaster I. ME616. P/O Rippon.

Location: Chateaudun, France

101 Squadron aircraft prepare for a mission.

1944-06-30T22:00:00+00:00

04.07.1944 No.602 Squadron R.A.F. Spitfire IX ML252 F/O Kelly

Location: Normandy area, France.

A german sentry stands by the wreck of Jame's Spitfire, his original burial plot next to his aircraft. (Bundesarchiv)

1944-07-03T22:00:00+00:00

26.08.1944 No.692 Squadron Mosquito XVI MM135 S/L Bird

Location: Old Warden, Bedfordshire, England.

No.692 Squadron Mosquito’s at Gransden Lodge, nearest MM183 (IWM)

1944-08-25T22:00:00+00:00

25.09.1944 No.132 Squadron R.A.F. Spitfire IX PL316 W/O Hyde

Location: Near Nijmegen, Netherlands.

Flight Sergeant James Hyde of San Juan, Trinidad, a Spitfire pilot who arrived in Britain in 1942 to begin his training,
Pictured here in 1944 with the Squadron’s mascot, a dog called ‘Dingo’ (IWM) Reference CH11978

1944-09-24T23:00:00+00:00

25.09.1944. No. 441 squadron (R.C.A.F.) Spitfire NH151. P/O McMillan.

Location: Dorpssteeg, Netherlands.

Wreckage of a Spitfire IX 9G+S (NH 151) of 441 squadron R.C.A.F. at Dorpssteeg Holland.

1944-09-24T23:00:00+00:00

16.10.1944 No.12 O.T.U. Wellington X LN536 S/Ldr Vipan.

Location: Near Lavendon, Buckinghamshire.

Vickers Wellington Mark X of an Operational Training Unit, being refuelled from two petrol bowsers prior to a flight. (I.W.M.)

1944-10-15T23:00:00+00:00

04/05.11.1944. No.76 Squadron R.A.F. Halifax III LL577 Fl/Sgt. Cole.

Location: Jalhay (Liege) Belgium.

Halifax III warming up (I.W.M.)

1944-11-04T23:00:00+00:00

07.11.1944 Transport Command Boston III BZ549 F/O Maitland.

Location: Reykjavik Airfield, Iceland.

Douglas Boston BZ403 from the same production batch seen here in England.

1944-11-06T23:00:00+00:00

21.11.1944 No.514 Squadron R.A.F. Lancaster I PD265 F/O France

Location: Moers, Germany.

PD265 Crew Left to right:

Two air gunners, one of whom is known to be Sgt Coles and the other thought to be a Sgt Meredith who had left the crew in October 1944 - reasons unknown, Sgt Gosnold, F/O France, Sgt Harding, F/O Barker and F/O Eisberg (Simon Hepworth).

1944-11-20T23:00:00+00:00

05/06.01.1944 No. 7 Squadron Lancaster III JB651 W/O McGinlay

Location: Unknown. (Presumed North Sea)

Lancaster Heaven Bound, Royal Air Force Memorial window Durham Cathedral

1944-12-05T23:00:00+00:00

09.12.1944. No. 192 Squadron Halifax III MZ817 F/O Irvine

Location: R.A.F. Foulsham, Norfolk , England

Handley Page Halifax B Mark III, MZ817 'DT-O', of No. 192 Squadron RAF after crash-landing while taking off from Foulsham, Norfolk, 22 mission symbols are visible by the "Pete the Penguin" insignia on the nose. (I.W.M.)

1944-12-08T23:00:00+00:00

17.12.1944 No.692 PFF Squadron R.A.F. Mosquito XVI ML959 F/Lt Brunt

Location: Graveley, Huntingdonshire, England.

De Havilland Mosquito XVI ML959 (IWM)

1944-12-16T23:00:00+00:00

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