Vierzon

1 July 1944 — Vierzon

Date
1 July 1944
Command
Bomber Command
Target
Vierzon

Order of battle

13 aircraft. Each crew links to the men who flew it; each airman to their own record.

AircraftTypeSquadronPilotCrewOutcome
ND975 Avro Lancaster No. 300 Squadron ((Masovian) Polish) W.m.knowels 8 aircrew → Failed to return
ED814
BH-N
Avro Lancaster No. 300 Squadron ((Masovian) Polish) W. Fudali 7 aircrew → Failed to return
JB743
CF-C
Avro Lancaster No. 625 Squadron Harry Hale 7 aircrew → Failed to return
ND459
CF-M
Avro Lancaster No. 625 Squadron E. Wright 7 aircrew → Failed to return
PB126
CF-T
Avro Lancaster No. 625 Squadron J.c. Elmhurst-baxter 12 aircrew → Failed to return
LL958
HW-H
Avro Lancaster No. 100 Squadron John Edward Estell 7 aircrew → Failed to return
ND842
PH-K
Avro Lancaster No. 12 Squadron L. Honor 7 aircrew → Failed to return
JB462
PH-S
Avro Lancaster No. 12 Squadron O.h. Pollard 7 aircrew → Failed to return
ME616
SR-B
Avro Lancaster No. 101 Squadron D.c. Pippon 8 aircrew → Failed to return
DV301
SR-F
Avro Lancaster No. 101 Squadron J.n Brown 8 aircrew → Failed to return
LL863
SR-M
Avro Lancaster No. 101 Squadron H. Taylor 9 aircrew → Failed to return
ND952
UM-E2
Avro Lancaster No. 626 Squadron Archibald Orr 10 aircrew → Failed to return
ME774
UM-L2
Avro Lancaster No. 626 Squadron William Francis Pocock 7 aircrew → Failed to return

The fallen

127 airmen in this archive died on 1 July 1944 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.

See all 127 who died on 1 July →