Frankfurt

Date

13 March 1944

Target

Frankfurt, Germany

Force dispatched

26 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

73 airmen in this archive died on 13 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 Frederick William John Adams (32)
• Sergeant Douglas Clayhurst Adamson (20)
• Air Pupil Jack H. Baker
• Aircraftman 2nd Class Thomas Henry Baker (38)
• Pilot Officer Malcolm Eber Palmer Barriball (22)
• Wing Commander Donald Scrimgeour Bateman (39)
• Pupil Pilot Arthur Bates (19)
• Sergeant Herbert Beck
• Sergeant Sidney Thomas Bishop (22)
• Sergeant William Blumire (20)
• Flight Sergeant Colin Arthur Bradford (21)
• Sergeant Jack Bramwell (21)
• Sergeant Ernest Buckland (20)
• Flight Sergeant Alexander Vernon Charles Campbell
• Sergeant Allan Cantle-jones (23)
• Flying Officer Donald Ian Cruickshank (21)
• Sergeant Andrew Currie (19)
• Sergeant Raymond David Davies (21)
• Pupil Pilot Malcolm Dick
• Sergeant Alan Clarence Edwards (19)
• Warrant Officer Paul John Fairclough (21)
• Flying Officer Alwyne James Galvin (23)
• Squadron Leader William Henry Gregory Geake (64)
• Lieutenant John Glasse

See all 73 who died on 13 March →

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