Hamburg

Date

11 March 1944

Target

Hamburg, Germany

Force dispatched

20 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

91 airmen in this archive died on 11 March 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 William Adams
• Sergeant David Simpson Allan (23)
• Flight Sergeant Keith Fowler Allen (21)
• Flight Sergeant John Anderson (31)
• Leading Aircraftman William Atherden (23)
• Flight Sergeant John James Bailie (19)
• Flying Officer James Duncan Mactavish Baillie (22)
• Warrant Officer George Wilson Wood Baker (36)
• Leading Aircraftman Eric Bamford (21)
• Warrant Officer Class I Laurence Sidney Barker (24)
• Major Bell
• Warrant Officer Robert James Bonar (24)
• Pilot Officer Charles Carrol Bradley (30)
• Leading Aircraftman Alfred Henry William Brockman (33)
• Flying Officer Allan Edward Brown (22)
• Aircraftman 2nd Class John Edward Burke (30)
• Sergeant Reginald Ernest Burt (22)
• Sergeant Reginald Horace Cantwell
• Squadron Leader Peter John Carpenter (25)
• Sergeant James Clark (20)
• Sergeant Douglas Charles Clarke (20)
• Flight Sergeant Walter Stuart Cook (22)
• Leading Aircraftman Derek James Crosweller (19)
• Pilot Officer Francis Neil Depew (24)

See all 91 who died on 11 March →

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