RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War
Amendments and Additions updates log

last updated 24 January 2009: please note that a number of updates received await uploading

This page records all losses for which there are any changes not published in the books. The convention is book/page unit/serial.
Changes since the launch of the site are dated to assist returning visitors.
For completeness, post-publication corrections to updates are additionally noted.

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News about Bomber Command Memorial

Why do some of the names identified in the Roll of Honour book not appear in the losses books?
A comment relevant to various summaries for Berlin losses
Matching Luftwaffe day fighter claims during the early months of the war
142 Squadron code combinations

Any changes not published in the books

1939-1940

3940/014 9/LA275 30/07/08
3940/014 107/N6184 30/07/08
3940/014 107/N6188 30/07/08
3940/014 107/N6189 30/07/08
3940/014 107/N6240 30/07/08
3940/015 82/P4853 15/08/08
3940/016 18/K9242 29/07/08
3940/016 18/K9245 29/07/08
3940/016 99/L4232 14/07/08
3940/017 144/L4121 29/07/08
3940/017 144/L4126 29/07/08
3940/017 144/L4127 29/07/08
3940/017 144/L4132 29/07/08
3940/017 144/L4134 29/07/08
3940/017 150/K9283 29/07/08
3940/017 150/K9387 29/07/08
3940/017 150/K9484 29/07/08
3940/017 150/N2028 29/07/08
3940/017 150/N2093 29/07/08
3940/018 57/ L1138 29/07/08
3940/018 61/P1170 24/01/09
3940/092 61/P4344 24/01/09
3940/092 61/P4343 24/01/09
3940/092 61/4358 24/01/09
3940/092 144/P4367 24/01/09
3940/018 114/N6160 29/07/08
3940/019 57/L1141 29/07/08
3940/020 18/L1415 29/07/08
3940/020 18/L6694 29/07/08
3940/020 139/N6234 12/09/08
3940/047 103/K9409
3940/055 110/L9214 19/10/08
3940/062 88/K9348
3940/069 37/L7793 14/07/08
3940/079 58/N1460
3840/091 218/R3597
3940/094 102/N1377 13/01/09
3940/099 10/P4965 12/09/08
3940/099 40/R3609 12/09/08
3940/099 44/P2077
3940/100 15 Aug 1940 Note
3940/101 149/R3174 16/09/08
3940/109 51/P5021 16/09/08
3940/112 77/P5046 22/09/08
3940/124 99/T2546 09/08/08
3940/132 149/N2774 12/09/08
3940/136 99/T2501 22/09/08
3940/141 58/P5098 08/01/09

 

1941

1941/043 40/R1331
1941/056 7/N6010 30/07/08
1941/073 301/R1026
1941/079 102/T4233 30/07/08
1941/093 150/R1495
1941/099 15/N6038 13/11/08
1941/105 61/AE266 28/09/08
1941/125 7/N6020 19/10/08
1941/135 40/R1030
1941/139 78/Z6881
1941/142 90/AN525 14/08/08
1941/142 90/AN533 14/08/08
1941/154 58/Z6939 22/09/08
1941/167 40/X9912 12/09/08
1941/177 218/Z1069
1941/177 300/Z1271
1941/177 301/Z1277
1941/180 49/P1206
1941/180 49/P1206 19/10/08
1941/182 7/W7445 21/07/08
1941/184 109/T2552 30/07/08
1941/193 97/R5795
1941/197 10/R9374 19/07/08
1941/197 76/L9615 19/07/08
1941/197 35/V9979 16/07/08

 

1942

1942/057 10/W1043 12/09/08
1942/057 10/W1044 12/09/08
1942/057 35/R9496 12/09/08
1942/080 10/W1037 12/09/08
1942/081 35/W1020 12/09/08
1942/081 35/W1048 12/09/08
1942/083 35/W1053 12/09/08
1942/083 35/W7656 12/09/08
1942/086 97/R5553 13/11/08
1942/099 218/W7535 13/11/08
1942/122 18/Z7283 09/08/08
1942/133 13/T2254 28/07/08
1942/150 35/W1154 22/09/08
1942/152 18/Z7304 02/08/08
1942/164 75/X3558 07/01/09
1942/188 102/W1238 28/09/08
1942/198 103/BB214 16/09/08
1942/200 408/AT228
1942/202 405/BB216 19/10/08
1942/225 226/AL743 30/07/08
1942/225 226/AL743 08/01/09
1942/231 218/N3763 19/10/08
1942/248 149/W7628 13/11/08

 

1943

1943/022 101/W4321
1943/054 35/W7877 30/07/08
1943/060 158/DT505 22/09/08
1943/066 49/ED431 30/07/08
1943/072 7/W7617 13/11/08
1943/077 420/HE690 12/09/08
1943/108 425/HE733 12/09/08
1943/111 51/HR784 15/07/08
1943/112 76/JB870 15/08/08
1943/115 408/JB925 15/07/08
1943/154 12/W4861 30/07/08
1943/183 158/HR724 13/01/09
1943/368 166/EE196 30/07/08
1943/195 158/HR735
1943/228 100/EE183
1943/229 207/ED412
1943/230 102/JD297 28/07/08
1943/263 78/JD151 24/01/09
1943/303 158/HR937 22/09/08
1943/330 75/EH935
1943/336 90/EF952
1943/339 434/LK917 15/08/08
1943/339 434/LK919 15/08/08
1943/339 434/LK648 15/08/08
1943/340 620/EH945 17/08/08
1943/348 100/ED583 23/07/08
1943/373 57/W4822 19/10/08
1943/377 35/HR929 07/01/09
1944/433 97/PA974 13/11/08
1943/474 158 McConnell 13/01/09

 

1944

1944/039 102/LW337 19/10/08
1944/085 77/HR949
1944/100 408/DS844 21/04/08
1944/117 630/ND583 16/09/08
1944/128 15/LM441
1944/176 428/JP113 13/11/08
1944/186 78/LW515 13/07/08
1944/214 138/LL192 14/07/08
1944/216 432/LW594 20/07/08
1944/227 7/ND845
1944/253 640/LW434 08/01/09
1944/262 422/LW582 22/07/08
1944/277 158/LV790 22/09/08
1944/312 625/PB126 13/11/08
1944/328 166/JB644 19/07/08
1944/331 149/LK388 13/11/08
1944/339 420/LK803 19/10/08
1944/349 300/LM178
1944/350 576/PB265 30/07/08
1944/354 627/DZ534 12/09/08
1944/365 97/NE121
1944/375 466/MZ368 07/01/09
1944/404 101/LL757 21/07/08
1944/408 109/ML985 12/09/08
1944/412 408/NP710 19/10/08
1944/462 35/PB612 30/07/08
1944/464 617/NF920 28/09/08
1944/514 207/NG144 
1944/515 207/LM671
1944/515 227/PB723
1944/529 Appendix 1 12/09/08
1944/546 166 19/07/08
1944/546 300 20/07/08
1944/546 432 20/07/08
1944/547 460 16/07/08
1944/548 109 12/09/08
1944/549 432 20/07/08

 

1945

1945/026 75/ME321
1945/044 50/LM234 19/10/08
1945/052 582/NE130
1945/070 431/KB818 12/09/08
1945/077 153/NN803 23/07/08
1945/077 166/PD394 23/07/08
1945/078 427/ML422 22/07/08
1945/079 432/RG449
1945/079 434/KB741 13/07/08
1945/079 625/NF996 25/07/08
1945/079 635/PB287
1945/079 640/MZ856
1945/080 640/NP953 23/07/08
1945/084 431/KB809 12/09/08
1945/106 138/LJ999 23/07/08
1945/108 103/PB563 28/09/08
1945/112 426/NP799 28/08/08
1945/113 431/KB858 28/08/08
1945/126 49/RF153 13/11/08
1945/154 571/RV305 17/07/08
1945/160 462/NA240
1945/187 Appendix 1 12/09/08

 

OTU 1940-1947

OTU/012 12/P2273
OTU/013 13/L9039 14/07/08
OTU/017 12/P2269
OTU/017 12/L5282
OTU/019 12/K9420 30/07/08
OTU/021 17/L9171
OTU/022 20/R9583
OTU/031 13/L4883
OTU/036 15/L4230 22/09/08
OTU/045 15/R1243
OTU/047 16/P2115
OTU/051 20/R3437
OTU/055 20/R1664
OTU/060 19/K9036 19/10/08
OTU/062 19/K9033
OTU/063 25/X3177
OTU/073 25/P4302
OTU/074 20/Z8809
OTU/075 18/R3216
OTU/075 10/P4942
OTU/079 12/R1037
OTU/080 23/Z8786
OTU/081 11/T2705
OTU/085 25/L7248
OTU/087 22/X9625
OTU/089 15/R1607
OTU/093 19/N1498 30/07/08
OTU/095 20/R1646 12/09/08
OTU/102 14/L4110 13/11/08
OTU/108 23/R1597 22/09/08
OTU/114 18/N2813 22/09/08
OTU/116 20/Z8852 15/08/08
OTU/123 14/AS904 19/10/08
OTU/169 21/HD984 08/01/09
OTU/177 30/X9801 13/11/08
OTU/185 21/R1534 22/09/08
OTU/225 28/DV613? 08/01/09
OTU/229 10/BD281 30/07/08
OTU/242 11/R1337 13/1/09
OTU/247 29/BK497 24/01/09
OTU/260 27/X3637 12/08/08
OTU/281 17/HE915 24/01/09
OTU/286 22/BJ601 28/09/08
OTU/306 11/HZ375 13/11/08
OTU/312 83/JA453 11/08/08

 

HCU & Miscellaneous Units 1939-1947

HCU/018 103/W1243 12/09/08
HCU/036 1658/R9388
HCU/055 1663/DG404 28/09/08
HCU/058 1662/ED378
HCU/059 1657/R9300 28/09/08
HCU/067 1658/BB304 13/11/08
HCU/070 1659/JD419 28/09/08
HCU/125 1661/EF444
HCU/145 1656/HR796
HCU/153 1664/LL541 28/09/08
HCU/200 1474/DV819 07/01/09
HCU/229 PFNTU/JB471 28/09/08
HCU/233 Little Staughton SFlt/JR390 07/08/08

 

Roll of Honour 1939-1947

RoH/009 add 98 F/S ALSTON H D 14/07/08
RoH/010 add 98 LAC CORMACK-BEATSON C E 23/07/08
RoH/011 add 98 Cpl KEVAN R 14/07/08
RoH/012 Note 3rd para 14/07/08
RoH/019 97 Sgt STRONG 12/09/08
RoH/019 97 AC2 WILKES 12/09/08
RoH/025 214 CRAIG-HALKETT 13/11/08
RoH/022 add 12 OTU Sgt ANDERSON F L 30/07/08
RoH/031 add 115 P/O LAWTON A B 14/07/08
RoH/040 Note 2nd para 14/07/08
RoH/059 add 23 OTU 39015 S/L HARVEY DFC K T A 09/08/08
RoH/065 109 Sgt MACKEY D J 30/07/08
RoH/065 7 F/O MACKAY D 30/07/08
RoH/073 add 58 Sgt SHARP H G 07/01/09
RoH/074 102 Sgt SILLS D 30/07/08
RoH/089 add 10 OTU P/O PASHA A R K 24/01/09
RoH/101 add 16 OTU F/S COOK T 12/09/08
RoH/104 add 16 OTU W/O DOYLE B 12/09/08
RoH/105 add 10 OTU Sgt EWEN G 22/09/08
RoH/107 19 OTU Sgt GEORGE C S 30/07/08
RoH/107 add 26 OTU Sgt GARRICK J H G 19/10/08
RoH/109 add 20 OTU Sgt GREENBANK W M 12/09/08
RoH/115 add 20 OTU Sgt KILBURN M H J 12/09/08
RoH/124 214 P/O PEEL J D 22/09/08
RoH/132 102 F/S TADMAN R S 07/01/09
RoH/137 add 14 OTU AC1 WILKINSON J A 19/10/08
RoH/138 add 103 CFlt Sgt WOLFENDEN J P 12/09/08
RoH/149 21 OTU P/O HOWSON K J 08/01/09
RoH/175 428 Sgt BERTRAM L 22/09/08
RoH/184 78 Sgt COGGANS G M 30/07/08
RoH/185 add 1659 HCU 751872 Sgt COOK F A 19/10/08
RoH/192 add 1663 HCU Sgt DUNN A J 22/09/08
RoH/196 add 1658 HCU Sgt FOX R 19/10/08
RoH/197 add 1658 HCU Sgt GARLAND J A 19/10/08
RoH/198 100 Sgt GILES W E J 23/07/08
RoH/205 add 1663 HCU Sgt HINETT H 22/09/08
RoH/215 12 Sgt LEGG K G 30/07/08
RoH/227 101 PARK D J
RoH/228 add 1663 HCU Sgt PELHAM W J 22/09/08
RoH/230 49 F/S PRIOR S J H 30/07/08
RoH/236 10 OTU Sgt SCAMMELL B T 30/07/08
RoH/236 add 29 OTU Sgt SEMARK B M 24/01/09
RoH/242 add Sgt SUFFLING D W 22/09/08
RoH/248 35 F/S WATTS S L C 30/07/08
RoH/250 add 29 OTU Sgt WIDDOWSON W A 24/01/09
RoH/252 add Sgt WILLIAMSON E F 22/09/08
RoH/258 [RAAF] add: 27 OTU Sgt HANSON N C 12/08/08
RoH/260 27 OTU F/O McKECHNIE 12/08/08
RoH/292 57 WEST D 19/10/08
RoH/292 100 F/O MORGAN T H 23/07/08
RoH/292 166 M/S WALTON J W 30/07/08
RoH/292 add 460 NORWEGIAN MILITARY WAR CORRESPONDENT Capt GREIG J M B 30/07/08
RoH/293 Army add 11 OTU Sgt CARTER A 13/01/09
RoH/293 Army add 11 OTU Sgt RICHINGS H T 13/01/09
RoH/299 add 11 OTU Sgt ANKERS R T 07/01/09
RoH/300 add 11 OTU Sgt ASPIN T 07/01/09
RoH/308 add 11 OTU F/S BROWN DFM S 07/01/09
RoH/308 97 Sgt BUCHAN F 13/11/08
RoH/312 57 F/L CLARKE R T 30/07/08
RoH/314 61 Base delete entry R/110020 LAC COOK 19/10/08
RoH/322 add 619 W/O EVANS DFM E S I 07/01/09
RoH/326 add 1656 P/O GARTHWAITE H 07/01/09
RoH/330 add 1652 F/O HALY DFC E F H 07/01/09
RoH/331 add 78 P/O HARMER J R 07/01/09
RoH/338 delete 97 F/L JAMES C H L 22/09/08
RoH/346 add 11 OTU F/L MACADAM DFM L E 07/01/09
RoH/349 add 83 OTU Sgt McKENNA T 11/08/08
RoH/350 add 226 F/L MILFORD MiD H J 30/07/08
RoH/350 amend 226 F/L MILFORD H J 08/01/09
RoH/355 add 1652 CU Sgt OLIVER E H 07/01/09
RoH/359 add 101 Sgt POPPER H G 22/07/08
RoH/361 add 620 F/S REED F E 17/08/08
RoH/368 add 24 OTU Sgt SMALLWOOD C F 24/01/09
RoH/368 add 1664 HCU Sgt SMITH D S 19/10/08
RoH/373 add 11 OTU P/O TAYLOR R J 07/01/09
RoH/385 619 W/O Evans DFM 08/01/09
RoH/386 [RAAF] add 1652 CU F/S BOWERING F E 07/01/09
RoH/388 [RAAF] add 1652 CU F/S DAVIS A R 07/01/09
RoH/389 [RAAF] add 1652 CU F/S GRAHAM K M Ford 07/01/09
RoH/398[RAAF] add 1652 CU F/S WOOD G M 07/01/09
RoH/435 35 Capt HAUSVIK S J 30/07/08
RoH/436 576 F/O SARVIS R J 30/07/08
RoH/436 add Civilian Mr STEVENSON K 07/01/09
RoH/436 add ATC 11 OTU Cdt HARRIS F J D 07/01/09
RoH/436 add Army Maj WHIPP TD S 08/01/09
RoH/442 106 W/O CONNER F R 30/07/08
RoH/443 add 1659 F/O DINMORE H D 25/07/08
RoH/447 462 F/O HEGGARTY J
RoH/447 add 1659 Sgt HOLMES R W 25/07/08
RoH/448 add 1659 Sgt JAMES A E W 25/07/08
RoH/448 SFlt add G/C JEUDWINE J R 07/08/08
RoH/451 add 1659 Sgt McCAFFERTY H P 25/07/08
RoH/456 add HQBC SPEARE  R D
RoH/456 add 1667 P/O SPEED H P 07/01/09
RoH/459 add 1659 Sgt WILSON G A 25/07/08
RoH/459 add 1659 Sgt WILSON T 25/07/08
RoH/459 add 1653 Sgt WINTERBOTTOM J 07/01/09
RoH/460 Note 07/08/08
RoH/461 466 DAMM  A J
RoH/485 Table of Personnel Statistics 22/09/08
RoH/489 F/L MILFORD H J 30/07/08
RoH/490 add 620 F/S REED F E 17/08/08
RoH/494 Secondary Works Consulted

 

Statistics last changed

08/01/09

General Notes

Why do some of the names identified in the Roll of Honour book not appear in the losses books?

Since the publication of Volume 9 - RAF Bomber Command Roll of Honour 1939-47 - I have received a number of letters and telephone calls asking why a name identified in the Roll does not appear in the losses book relevant to the date of death.

The simple answer is that in the majority of cases these airmen died in aircraft that continued in service and therefore were not eligible for inclusion in the losses books, or their deaths came about in circumstances such as non-flying accidents or natural causes.

Nevertheless, their names are recorded in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission registers [from which I extracted the names appearing in the Roll] and thus their memory is rightfully reported.

However I am not able to say with certainity that everyone who lost their life in the service of Bomber Command has been commemorated, for unless the deceased was on the strength of an operational squadron then their unit details are unlikely to appear in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission registers.

Regretfully it is a certainty that some - aircrew and groundcrew/staff - who died while posted to training establishments that came under the authority of Bomber Command, or who were on a bomber station strength as opposed to a particular squadron, might have been overlooked.

If anyone has any knowledge of an airman or airwomen who is not reported in Volume 9 and has positive proof that the person concerned died while serving with a Bomber Command establishment, then please let me have their details.
WR Chorley 14/08/08

Note 1 - A comment relevant to various summaries for Berlin losses
A large number of summaries concerning aircraft brought down over Berlin show the location 'Doberitz' with the inference that this was a district within the city. This, I am advised by Herr Reinhard via Jörg Helbig, is incorrect in that 'Doberitz' was a large cemetery to which bodies found in the western suburbs of Berlin were brought for burial.

Since the end of the Second World War and the reconstruction of Berlin, the cemetery at Doberitz no longer exists and today the site is occupied by a large grocery store. Jörg also advises that many of the night fighter claims for bombers brought down within the environs of Berlin were, in numerous cases, a combination of flak and fighters and, therefore, these entries should, in general, be treated as such.

It is, in fact, extremely difficult to be absolutely precise in marrying the details of an individual bomber aircraft and crew to match the claim by a night-fighter crew.
WR Chorley 19/07/08

Note 2 - Matching Luftwaffe day fighter claims during the early months of the war.
Further to Note 1 explaining the problems that arise when attempting to match the name of an individual Luftwaffe night fighter pilot to a particular lost bomber, similar difficulties are experienced with matching Luftwaffe day fighter claims during the early months of the war.

With this in mind I am presenting data gleaned from various sources in respect of losses up to the end of October 1939:

Note 3 - 142 Squadron code combinations.
The wartime code combination carried by 142 Squadron Battle and Wellington types was QT and entries to the contrary should be amended. The combination displayed on their Mosquito aircraft was 4H.
WR Chorley 03/08/08

Post publication corrections to updates (PPCUs)

Where a published amendment or addition was incorrect, for the record those detected so far are noted below.
The conventions used are: 3940/091 = on page 91 of the 1939-40 book; 218/R3597 = for a/c R3597 of No. 218 Squadron (or OTU or HCU etc as appropriate).

Amendments published in 1941 book
1941/316 for 3940/091 R3748 should have been for 3940/091 218/R3597

Amendments published in 1942 book
1942/316 for 1941/030 T4130: delete T4130, insert T4140

1942/318 for 1941/156 -/Z0154: delete Z0154, insert Z9154

Amendments published in 1943 book
1943/487 for 3940/093 R3255: delete R3255 insert R3235

1943/488 for 1941/175 Z1069 Sgt W Fraser RAAF should have been 1941/177
1943/488 for 1941/175 Z1271 Sgt B Iwanowicz PAF should have been 1941/177
1943/488 for 1941/175 Z1277 Sgt A Szczepanowski PAF should have been 1941/177

1943/489 for 1941/166 311/T2624 Add P/O F K Dittrich + should have been 1941/167
1943/489 for 1941/091 /N6038: delete N6038, insert N6033
1943/489 for 1941/180 P1206 Ofw Ney, II./NJG2: delete and replace with new summary - see 1941 page

1943/490 for 1941/195 /R5799 should be 1941/193 97/R5795

1943/491 for 1942/122 18/Z7283 Add Sgt G B Crawford inj. Delete crash detail. Insert at Hough-on-the-Hill 6 miles N Grantham: delete insertion
1943/491 for 1942/081 35/W1048 P/O MacIntyre reported killed when Halifax VII RT922 crashed 13 February 1947: ignore

1943/492 for 1942/160 BJ630: delete BJ630, insert BJ670

Amendments published in 1944 book
1944/576 for 3940/109 T1184: delete T1184, insert T1894

Amendments published in 1945 book
1945/217 for 3940/018 57/L1138 delete 2./JB53 insert 2./JG53
1945/217 for 3940/019 57/L1141 delete 1./JG1 insert 3./JG1

1945/219 for 1943/195 HR734: delete HR734, insert HR735
1945/219 for 1943/042 149/N7638: delete N7638 insert W7638
1945/219 for 1943/177 HK684: delete HK684, insert HR684
1945/219 for 1943/180 HE395: delete HE395 insert HE392

1945/220 for 1943/230 102/JD297: delete II./NJG1 insert 2./NJG4

1945/221 for 1944/122 50/ME578 should have been for 1944/123 50/ME578

1945/223 for 1944/399 LM279: delete LM279 insert LM278

Amendments published in OTUs book
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Amendments published in HCUs book
HCU/259 for OTU/060 19/K9036: delete RNAF, insert RNZAF

HCU/260 for OTU/260 27/X3637 delete McGiggan insert McKiggan