Krefeld

Date

3 February 1944

Target

Krefeld, Germany

Force dispatched

35 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

116 airmen in this archive died on 3 February 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.

• Leading Aircraftman John James Addicott (37)
• Air Mechanic Ernest R. Andrews (19)
• Sergeant John Robinson Ballantyne (24)
• Sergeant Joseph Louis Barber (21)
• Flying Officer Austen Kolbe Barry
• Flight Lieutenant Deryck Addison Bell (25)
• Flight Sergeant Henry Greenwell Bell (26)
• Sergeant Eric Bennett (31)
• Sergeant Aubrey Ernest Walter Budden
• Sergeant Wesley Ray Burke
• Leading Aircraftman George Campbell (28)
• Sergeant John Halifax Casselman
• Sergeant John Walter Churchman (22)
• Sergeant Eric Edmond Cowie (20)
• Lieutenant Cronin
• Flight Sergeant Leslie Darlington
• Sergeant Frederick William Christian Dean (23)
• Lieutenant De Jong (24)
• Aircraftman 2nd Class Andrew Gerrard Donaghy (21)
• Warrant Officer Class II James Donaldson
• Sergeant Robert Dowzer (20)
• Sergeant William George Drew (28)
• Sergeant Henry Leggat Duff (35)
• Flying Officer Austin George Durst (28)

See all 116 who died on 3 February →

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