Berlin

Date

17 September 1943

Target

Berlin, Germany

Force dispatched

14 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

102 airmen in this archive died on 17 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.

• Aircraftman 1st Class William Ralph Alder (29)
• Second Lieutenant Alexander (20)
• Sergeant Jackson Dunbar Arthur
• Sergeant Alfred Victor Martin Barron (19)
• Aircraftman 1st Class Ernest William Bates (23)
• Flying Officer David Beeley (23)
• Flight Lieutenant Gordon Worsley Bellis
• Warrant Officer Class I Bruce Martin Berven (25)
• Sergeant Keith Charles Blanch (22)
• Sergeant John Gordon Boundy (21)
• Bandsman Joseph Boyce (62)
• Sergeant Victor George Edward Briant (22)
• Flying Officer Brian Edward Brown (21)
• Aircraftman 2nd Class Morley Craig Brownscombe (19)
• Flying Officer Leslie Albert Buck (28)
• Sergeant Colin Anthony Budd (26)
• Flight Lieutenant Arthur Charles Burrell (30)
• Group Captain Walter Donald Butler (37)
• Flying Officer Hugh Cameron (22)
• Sergeant Patrick Blair Cameron (22)
• Leading Aircraftman John Campbell (20)
• Lieutenant Cheesman (21)
• Sergeant Gerard William Clements
• Leading Aircraftman Kenneth William Coaster (19)

See all 102 who died on 17 September →

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