Dunkirk
23 June 1942 — Dunkirk
- Date
- 23 June 1942
- Target
- Dunkirk
- Force dispatched
- 12 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
107 airmen in this archive died on 23 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.
- Lieutenant Anderson (24)
- Leading Aircraftman David Thomas Arbuckle (20)
- Sergeant Edward William Baker (21)
- Aircraftman 1st Class Reginald Herbert Jack Balchin (38)
- Sergeant John William Balfour (29)
- Lieutenant Leonard James Beesly (28)
- Flight Sergeant James Henry Gordon Bingham (30)
- Sergeant Richard Hubert Bircher (20)
- Sergeant Albert Frank Bissell (27)
- Sergeant Sydney Edward Bradshaw (20)
- Sergeant Walter Burnside (19)
- Corporal Colin James Campbell (25)
- Pilot Officer Cyril Dinham Chant (26)
- Flight Sergeant Hugh Allan Clarson
- Leading Aircraftman William Arthur Clavey (25)
- Leading Aircraftman Kevin Davidson (25)
- Pilot Officer Mervyn Charles De Clifford (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 Thomas William Burnett Emmott
See all 107 who died on 23 June →
Source: RAF Bomber Command Campaign Diary (60th-Anniversary website, via the Wayback Machine) →