Essen
26 April 1944 — Essen
- Date
- 26 April 1944
- Target
- Essen, Germany
- Force dispatched
- 493 aircraft
- Aircraft lost
- 22
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
263 airmen in this archive died on 26 April 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.
- Flight Sergeant Royston John Edward Adey (21)
- Flying Officer Arthur Raymond Allan
- Flight Lieutenant Clifford Arthur Lawrence Allen (23)
- Leading Aircraftman Donald David Alliston (22)
- Sergeant Frank Iron Anderson
- Flight Sergeant Lionel David Anderson (22)
- Flight Lieutenant Robert Gow Armstrong (22)
- Leading Aircraftman Edward James Bailey (23)
- Aircraftman 1st Class James Frederick Balham
- Leading Aircraftman Allan Ball (24)
- Flight Lieutenant Leo Joseph Banks (31)
- Sergeant Alan Beattie (20)
- Flying Officer Andrew Allan Bell (21)
- Flight Sergeant Duncan Neilson Bell (19)
- Pilot Officer Cyril Arthur Bishop (29)
- Leading Aircraftman Hugh Cecil Blinman (21)
- Sergeant Denis Booth (19)
- Flight Lieutenant Alan Boswell (36)
- Sergeant Fred Ernest Bowler
- Sergeant Robert James Boyce (20)
- Squadron Leader Michael Innes Boyle (31)
- Pilot Officer Harold Arthur Brad
- Flying Officer Reginald Maurice Brooks (23)
- Warrant Officer Class II George Bryson
See all 263 who died on 26 April →
Source: RAF Bomber Command Campaign Diary (60th-Anniversary website, via the Wayback Machine) →