St Nazaire
22 March 1943 — St Nazaire
- Date
- 22 March 1943
- Target
- St Nazaire
- Force dispatched
- 357 aircraft
- Aircraft lost
- 1
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
111 airmen in this archive died on 22 March 1943 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 Ralph Ernest Andrews (20)
- Warrant Officer Class II William James Arnold (20)
- Flight Sergeant Alexander John Baillie (24)
- Sergeant Francis John McNeil Barber (23)
- Flight Sergeant Reginald Oldham Barnwell (20)
- Flight Sergeant Mark Aulde Beazer (22)
- Pilot Officer Arthur Dennis Bebbington (26)
- Sergeant Frederick William Boustead (29)
- Flying Officer Albert Henry Bowler
- Corporal William John Brewer
- Leading Aircraftman Lloyd Edward Briggs (29)
- Flight Sergeant Thomas Henry Brown (23)
- Sergeant Leslie Laurence Bull (32)
- Sergeant Lloyd George Burry
- Flight Sergeant Robert Joseph Gordon Campbell (24)
- Warrant Officer Class II Robert Franklin Cavers (26)
- Pilot Officer George Cojocar
- Sergeant John Conroy (22)
- Leading Aircraftman Colin Thomas Cooper (19)
- Warrant Officer Class II Clarence Lummis Copping (25)
- Sergeant Basil John France Crook (21)
- Aircraftman 2nd Class John Thomas Desmond Cummins (19)
- Sergeant Eric Davies (29)
- Flight Sergeant Edgar John Davis (27)
See all 111 who died on 22 March →
Source: RAF Bomber Command Campaign Diary (60th-Anniversary website, via the Wayback Machine) →