Emden

Date

22 June 1942

Target

Emden, Germany

Force dispatched

227 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

93 airmen in this archive died on 22 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.

• Sergeant John William Balfour (29)
• Aircraftman 1st Class George Bate (19)
• Sergeant John Frederick Baxter (21)
• Lieutenant Leonard James Beesly (28)
• Flight Sergeant George Booth (30)
• Sergeant Sydney Edward Bradshaw (20)
• Flight Sergeant Robert John Buckingham (24)
• Sergeant Walter Burnside (19)
• Pilot Officer David John Bushell (25)
• Corporal Colin James Campbell (25)
• Leading Aircraftman William Arthur Clavey (25)
• Sergeant William Connelly (24)
• Warrant Officer Frederick Charles Cookman (27)
• Leading Aircraftman Marc Stanley Cornelius (20)
• Flight Sergeant Donald William Cross (24)
• Sergeant Edward Victor Davey (21)
• Sergeant Edward Alfred Doughty (20)
• Aircraftman 2nd Class Robert William Douglas (20)
• Pilot Officer Arthur Cyril Reid Downward (30)
• Sergeant John Robert Dryden (22)
• Flight Sergeant Henry Gordon Edwards
• Flying Officer Leslie Cosmo Edwards (25)
• Sergeant James Traynor Fallon
• Flight Sergeant Gordon Reid Ferguson (23)

See all 93 who died on 22 June →

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