Bochum

Date

6 November 1943

Target

Bochum, Germany

Force dispatched

35 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

111 airmen in this archive died on 6 November 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 William Aitkenhead
• Sergeant Alexander Henry Anderson (20)
• Warrant Officer Class II John Ashwood (20)
• Aircraftman 2nd Class Charles Herbert Beach (19)
• Lieutenant Bird (20)
• Pilot Officer Alfred Douglas Blackman (25)
• Aircraftman 2nd Class Harry Christopher Broad
• Sergeant Reginald Thomas Brown (33)
• Sergeant Edgar William Camp (21)
• Lieutenant Campbell (31)
• Flight Sergeant Denis Frank Carter (24)
• Sergeant Charles William Charrott
• Sergeant Robert Mair Clark (21)
• Aircraftman 2nd Class Kenneth Clarkson (19)
• Sergeant Douglas Gerald Codrington (22)
• Leading Aircraftman Charles Ewart Conroy (30)
• Flying Officer Malcolm John Coombe (23)
• Flight Sergeant Kenneth Richard Copas (21)
• Sergeant Martin Alexander Crimmins (19)
• Flying Officer James Orville Cross (27)
• Flying Officer Russell Alfred Davis (23)
• Sergeant Joseph Robert George Day (19)
• Corporal Norman Allen Durk (49)
• Sergeant Sydney Edmondson (36)

See all 111 who died on 6 November →

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