Genoa
7 November 1942 — Genoa
- Date
- 7 November 1942
- Target
- Genoa, Italy
Narrative
Genoa, the great port of north-western Italy, was heavily attacked in a series of raids in the autumn of 1942 as part of the campaign against the Italian ‘industrial triangle’. The bombing of the docks and city followed the pattern of the German-city attacks, and the raids — against weak defences and over long distances across France and the Alps — did considerable damage for relatively light loss.
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
192 airmen in this archive died on 7 November 1942 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 Kenneth Thomas John Adams (21)
- Leading Aircraftman Peter Allan (32)
- Sergeant Raymond Gwilym Gwyn Anthony (26)
- Flying Officer Horace Montague Beck Arney (41)
- Sergeant William Alfred Henry Ball
- Flying Officer Walter Barfod (29)
- Squadron Leader Philip Rex Barr
- Flying Officer William Gustave Barrett
- Sergeant Charles Henry Barton (23)
- Sergeant Reginald Edward Bates (21)
- Flight Sergeant Bernard Henry Batten Wilkins
- Flight Sergeant Eric Simonds Bayley (32)
- Sergeant Frederick George Beale (22)
- Aircraftman 2nd Class Arthur Beckett (33)
- Sergeant Arthur Reuben Billington (20)
- Flight Lieutenant William Alfred Maurice Birt
- Flight Sergeant George Edward Booth (22)
- Sergeant Edwin Maurice Bowery (21)
- Sergeant John William Bowes (21)
- Sergeant Ronald Herbert George Bowkett (22)
- Pilot Officer Douglas James Bradshaw (31)
- Pilot Officer Ronald Hollis Bramwell
- Sergeant Sydney Gibbs Brooking (32)
- Sergeant Frank Adrian Broom (20)