Emden
20 June 1942 — Emden
- Date
- 20 June 1942
- Target
- Emden, Germany
Narrative
Emden, a small North Sea port near the Dutch border, was one of the targets used to develop and test Bomber Command’s new techniques in 1942, being close enough for the Gee radio-navigation aid to reach. Its docks and the town were attacked several times that year as the Command worked towards the concentrated, accurately-found attacks that would mark the rest of the war.
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
154 airmen in this archive died on 20 June 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.
- Flight Sergeant Arthur Dunham Adair (26)
- Flight Sergeant Lloyd Lawrence Aikenhead (25)
- Leading Aircraftman Emmet Francis Allan (21)
- Flying Officer John James Allen (22)
- Sergeant Keith Allen (31)
- Sergeant Maurice Ermini Anivitti (27)
- Pilot Officer William Albert Arends (24)
- Sergeant Donald William Ashworth (19)
- Squadron Leader Harold John Vincent Ashworth (40)
- Flight Sergeant Hyman Baum
- Pilot Officer John David Baxter
- Sergeant Phillip Mervyn Benison (30)
- Sergeant Alfred Stephenson Bennett (26)
- Flight Lieutenant Alwin Woodgate Bevan (27)
- Leading Aircraftman William James Bleeks (24)
- Aircraftman 1st Class Frank Dowler Bollert (21)
- Pilot Officer Michael Lyon Bowley (21)
- Aircraftman 1st Class Sidney Keith Bown (22)
- Sergeant Joseph Angus Bowyer (21)
- Sergeant Edward Alexander Brace (21)
- Sergeant Clifton Robert Brailey (23)
- Sergeant Francis Victor Bretherton (21)
- Pilot Officer Alfred Victor Brooks (22)
- Sergeant Jack Brown (21)
See all 154 who died on 20 June →
Source: Wikipedia — Emden →