R.A.F Losses 1945
January -
04.01.1945 No. 103 Squadron Lancaster III ND861 PM-H P/O. Weight
Location: River Humber, Hull.
14/15.01.1945 No.692 Squadron R.A.F. Mosquito XVI MM150 F/O Morgan
Location: Chieveley, near Newbury, Berkshire, England. +
February -
24.02.1945 No.51 O.T.U. Mosquito NFXVII HK304 51 Sgt. Bonnewit.
Location: Woodside Field, Flitwick near Ampthill, Bedfordshire, U.K.
March -
10.03.1945. No. 1668 H.C.U. Lancaster III JB228 Flt/Sgt Paddison.
Location: Fiskerton Airfield.
20/21.03.1945 No. 214 Squadron Fortress III HB785 F/O Kingdon
Location: Black Forest area, Germany.
April -
8/9.04.1945 No. 305 (P) Sqdn Mosquito FB/VI NT187 F/Lt Everson
Location: Near Olpe, in the "Cologne Pocket", Germany. +
May -
June -
July -
August -
02.08.1945 No. 309 (P) Sqdn Mustang III FX876 W/O Pietrzac
Location: Oaksfield, Gould Farm, Rayne, Essex, England. +
On Monday 6th August 1945, at 8:15 hours local time, the USAAF had dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
On Thursday 9th August 1945 the USAAF dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki at 11:02 hours.
On Wednesday 15thAugust 1945, in a radio address, called the Jewel Voice Broadcast (玉音放送, Gyokuon-hōsō), the Emperor of Japan Hirohito announced the surrender of Japan to the Allies.
September -
The Second World War drew to a close on Sunday 2nd September with the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender of the Japanese Imperial Forces, by a delegation of representatives on behalf of the Japanese Emperor Hirohito.
2nd September V-J Day.
January -
04.01.1945 No. 103 Squadron Lancaster III ND861 PM-H P/O. Weight
Location: River Humber, Hull.
14/15.01.1945 No.692 Squadron R.A.F. Mosquito XVI MM150 F/O Morgan
Location: Chieveley, near Newbury, Berkshire, England. +
February -
24.02.1945 No.51 O.T.U. Mosquito NFXVII HK304 51 Sgt. Bonnewit.
Location: Woodside Field, Flitwick near Ampthill, Bedfordshire, U.K.
March -
10.03.1945. No. 1668 H.C.U. Lancaster III JB228 Flt/Sgt Paddison.
Location: Fiskerton Airfield.
20/21.03.1945 No. 214 Squadron Fortress III HB785 F/O Kingdon
Location: Black Forest area, Germany.
April -
8/9.04.1945 No. 305 (P) Sqdn Mosquito FB/VI NT187 F/Lt Everson
Location: Near Olpe, in the "Cologne Pocket", Germany. +
May -
June -
July -
August -
02.08.1945 No. 309 (P) Sqdn Mustang III FX876 W/O Pietrzac
Location: Oaksfield, Gould Farm, Rayne, Essex, England. +
On Monday 6th August 1945, at 8:15 hours local time, the USAAF had dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
On Thursday 9th August 1945 the USAAF dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki at 11:02 hours.
On Wednesday 15thAugust 1945, in a radio address, called the Jewel Voice Broadcast (玉音放送, Gyokuon-hōsō), the Emperor of Japan Hirohito announced the surrender of Japan to the Allies.
September -
The Second World War drew to a close on Sunday 2nd September with the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender of the Japanese Imperial Forces, by a delegation of representatives on behalf of the Japanese Emperor Hirohito.
2nd September V-J Day.