Ludwigshafen
2 January 1945 — Ludwigshafen
- Date
- 2 January 1945
- Command
- Bomber Command
- Target
- Ludwigshafen
Order of battle
2 aircraft. Each crew links to the men who flew it; each airman to their own record.
| Aircraft | Type | Squadron | Pilot | Crew | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR186 DY-U |
Handley Page Halifax | No. 102 Squadron (Ceylon) | J Marvin | 1 aircrew → | crashed_on_return |
| MZ335 KN-R |
Handley Page Halifax | No. 77 Squadron | D W Muggeridge | 7 aircrew → | Crashed outbound |
The fallen
89 airmen in this archive died on 2 January 1945 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.
- Leading Aircraftman Peter Flemming Abercrombie (27)
- Flying Officer Walter Vernon Wilfred Allamby (26)
- Sergeant Ned Baker
- Warrant Officer J Banys
- Sergeant Jack Ernest Benton (20)
- Flight Lieutenant Charles Milne Brodie
- Sergeant G W Brown
- Flight Sergeant R S Brown
- Pilot Officer Veral Clarence Bullock (23)
- Flying Officer H Burgoyne
- Flying Officer W S Cameron
- Pilot Officer Richard Hugh Chittim (21)
- Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Denison Cox (24)
- Squadron Leader Nathan Crawford (35)
- Flight Lieutenant W E M Dean
- Sergeant R Drozdowicz
- Sergeant John Dubois (24)
- Flight Lieutenant E C Duke
- Flight Sergeant Geoffrey James Dunbar (22)
- Flight Sergeant Maurice Vaughn Durling (22)
- Corporal Albert Rudolph Osborne Eardley (36)
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Jason Eberle (21)
- Flight Sergeant Richard Emonson (21)
- Aircraftman 1st Class Ernest John Benjamin Finn (28)