Aachen

Date

12 March 1944

Target

Aachen, Germany

Force dispatched

14 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

79 airmen in this archive died on 12 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
• Flight Sergeant Keith Fowler Allen (21)
• Leading Aircraftman William Atherden (23)
• Flying Officer James Duncan Mactavish Baillie (22)
• Warrant Officer George Wilson Wood Baker (36)
• Leading Aircraftman Eric Bamford (21)
• Pilot Officer Malcolm Eber Palmer Barriball (22)
• Sergeant Herbert Beck
• Major Bell
• Warrant Officer Robert James Bonar (24)
• Aircraftman 2nd Class John Edward Burke (30)
• Sergeant Reginald Ernest Burt (22)
• Flight Sergeant Alexander Vernon Charles Campbell
• Sergeant Reginald Horace Cantwell
• Squadron Leader Peter John Carpenter (25)
• Sergeant James Clark (20)
• Flight Sergeant Walter Stuart Cook (22)
• Leading Aircraftman Derek James Crosweller (19)
• Pupil Pilot Malcolm Dick
• Sergeant William Howell Ebsworth (34)
• Leading Aircraftman Harry Funger (25)
• Flight Sergeant Arnold Bruce Gillam (28)
• Sergeant James Robertson Graham (20)
• Flight Sergeant Harold Frederick Grinnell (25)

See all 79 who died on 12 March →

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