Modane

Date

16 September 1943

Target

Modane

Force dispatched

340 aircraft

Sortie details (which aircraft from which squadron, which crew flew, the outcome) will populate this page once the TNA AIR 27 squadron-diary importer arrives.

The fallen

153 airmen in this archive died on 16 September 1943 or the day that followed. For a raid of this kind these are overwhelmingly the night's losses, though a death-date match is not by itself proof an individual flew this operation.

• Second Lieutenant Alexander (20)
• Sergeant Daniel Allatson (19)
• Flight Lieutenant Ralf Athelsie Pole Allsebrook (23)
• Sergeant Jackson Dunbar Arthur
• Flying Officer Alan Roy Bradford Ball (34)
• Sergeant Alfred Victor Martin Barron (19)
• Aircraftman 1st Class Ernest William Bates (23)
• Flying Officer Kendall Bell Begbie (26)
• Flight Lieutenant Gordon Worsley Bellis
• Flight Sergeant David Bennett (22)
• Warrant Officer Class I Bruce Martin Berven (25)
• Sergeant Ernest Cecil Allan Blake (24)
• Sergeant Keith Charles Blanch (22)
• Aircraftman 1st Class Arthur Howard Boon (22)
• Pilot Officer Norman Arthur Botting (30)
• Sergeant John Gordon Boundy (21)
• Bandsman Joseph Boyce (62)
• Flying Officer James Reid Bradley
• Sergeant Victor George Edward Briant (22)
• Aircraftman 2nd Class James Arthur Bridge (21)
• Flying Officer Brian Edward Brown (21)
• Aircraftman 2nd Class Morley Craig Brownscombe (19)
• Flying Officer Leslie Albert Buck (28)
• Sergeant Colin Anthony Budd (26)

See all 153 who died on 16 September →

Source: RAF Bomber Command Campaign Diary (60th-Anniversary website, via the Wayback Machine) →