Mannheim

Date

14 February 1942

Target

Mannheim, Germany

Force dispatched

98 aircraft

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

274 airmen in this archive died on 14 February 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.

• Aircraftman 2nd Class Abdul Latif Bin Ahmad
• Aircraftman 1st Class William Adam
• Aircraftman 1st Class James Adams (32)
• Corporal Laurence Carey Adams (20)
• Aircraftman 2nd Class Ali Bin Sheikh Ibrahim
• Sergeant Harold Keegan Allen (23)
• Corporal Alfred Ardern (22)
• Flying Officer Thomas George Duncan Ashley Cooper (34)
• Leading Aircraftman Aubrey Richard Atkins (24)
• Flying Officer Brian Arthur Blake Attwood (24)
• Aircraftman 2nd Class Jack Austin
• Aircraftman 1st Class Frank Avis (21)
• Leading Aircraftman Baba Bin Dollah
• Leading Aircraftman Norman Frederick Baker (20)
• Corporal Eric Ernest Barker (20)
• Flight Sergeant Ronald Frederick Barker (25)
• Flight Sergeant Charles Llwyd Belcher (29)
• Leading Aircraftman William Pretsell Bennie (25)
• Flying Officer Clive Robert Bernard (27)
• Leading Aircraftman William Alfred Bingham (25)
• Sergeant Jack Bishop (24)
• Leading Aircraftman Robert Black (23)
• Leading Aircraftman Charles Blair (29)
• Leading Aircraftman Ramon Keith Blanchard

See all 274 who died on 14 February →

Source: RAF Bomber Command Campaign Diary (60th-Anniversary website, via the Wayback Machine) →