Mülheim
22 June 1943 — Mülheim
- Date
- 22 June 1943
- Target
- Mülheim, Germany
- Force dispatched
- 557 aircraft
Narrative
On the night of 22/23 June 1943 a force of some 557 aircraft attacked Mülheim, in the Ruhr. The Oboe marking was accurate and the bombing concentrated: well over half the town was destroyed in a single night, one of the most complete area-bombing successes of the Battle of the Ruhr. It was a stark demonstration of what the combination of Oboe-equipped Pathfinders and a large main force could now do to a Ruhr town.
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
487 airmen in this archive died on 22 June 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.
- Sergeant Brian Alfred Abraham
- Flight Sergeant Ernest William Alexander (21)
- Sergeant Henry Alexander (19)
- Sergeant John Alexander (27)
- Warrant Officer John Allen (28)
- Pilot Officer Roy Locke Amesbury (22)
- Sergeant John Anderson (20)
- Sergeant Walter A. Anderson (22)
- Sergeant William Anderson
- Sergeant Albert Stanley Andrews (22)
- Pilot Officer James Wesley Andrews (23)
- Pilot Officer Leonard Arthur Charles Angell (23)
- Sergeant Leo Vernon Anthony (23)
- Flight Sergeant Joseph Rene Archambault
- Sergeant James Henry Arlow (23)
- Pilot Officer George Wesley Armstrong
- Flight Sergeant Douglas Joseph Ashby-peckham (20)
- Sergeant Leslie Ashworth (28)
- Sergeant John Atkinson (28)
- Leading Aircraftman Eric Percival Bagster (19)
- Flying Officer John Brian Godfrey Bailey (22)
- Sergeant Frederick James Ross Bain (20)
- Sergeant Harry Frederick Barham (22)
- Sergeant Frederick Vernon Barnard
See all 487 who died on 22 June →
Source: Wikipedia — Battle of the Ruhr →