Wilhelmshaven
10 January 1942 — Wilhelmshaven
- Date
- 10 January 1942
- Target
- Wilhelmshaven, Germany
- Force dispatched
- 124 aircraft
- Aircraft lost
- 2
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
57 airmen in this archive died on 10 January 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 Lieutenant Allen John Frederick Allen-white (27)
- Pilot Officer Edward George Baker (32)
- Sergeant Leonard Alec Baker (24)
- Sergeant Frederick John Blenkinsopp (21)
- Aircraftman 1st Class Frederick George Bradley (19)
- Sergeant Edgar Harold Brown (26)
- Pilot Officer Wilfred Henry Burnham (21)
- Pilot Officer Eric John Campbell (23)
- Air Mechanic Cheyne (32)
- Sergeant Leslie Alexander Churcher
- Pilot Officer Peter Thrale Close
- Sergeant Edgar Frederick John Cooper (26)
- Sergeant Thomas Alfred Delaney
- Aircraftman 1st Class William Thomas Desnos (21)
- Leading Aircraftman Leslie Dixon (21)
- Sergeant Harry Chapman Downs (22)
- Sergeant Sydney Earnshaw (21)
- Corporal Charles William Eddie (34)
- Sergeant Martin Cargill Fletcher
- Sergeant Robert Wilkinson Foreman
- Sergeant Leonard Armstrong Fox
- Sergeant Henry Lincoln Gibson (22)
- Sergeant Gordon Arthur Glanville
- Sergeant Edward Gordon Travers Hall
See all 57 who died on 10 January →
Source: RAF Bomber Command Campaign Diary (60th-Anniversary website, via the Wayback Machine) →