The 'battle Of Berlin' Begins
18 November 1943 — The 'battle Of Berlin' Begins
- Date
- 18 November 1943
- Target
- The 'battle Of Berlin' Begins
- Force dispatched
- 395 aircraft
- Aircraft lost
- 9
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
285 airmen in this archive died on 18 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 Douglas Gordon Addison (20)
- Flight Sergeant Hector Ferdinand Altus (33)
- Warrant Officer Class II Sydney Andrew Anderson (23)
- Flying Officer James William Allen Armstrong (22)
- Sergeant George Henry Austin
- Sergeant Denis Reginald Bailey
- Flight Lieutenant Ernest Thomas Baker (29)
- Flying Officer Kenneth George Baldwin (25)
- Flight Lieutenant Arthur Stephen Bancroft (24)
- Sergeant Hugh George Bannister (19)
- Sergeant John Wentworth (jack) Barklam (21)
- Flying Officer Robert Barr
- Flight Sergeant William Barraclough (22)
- Sergeant Eric Charles Beacock (24)
- Flight Sergeant Forbes Govan Benning (24)
- Leading Aircraftman Stanley Betts (20)
- Sergeant Thomas Aldroyd Bird
- Flying Officer David Edward Blain (29)
- Sergeant John Miller Bliss (20)
- Corporal Stanley Border (22)
- Flying Officer Peter Lewis Bowden (20)
- Sergeant Robert Sidney Bowers (19)
- Aircraftman 2nd Class William Brackenridge (20)
- Flight Sergeant Francis Bradbury (19)
See all 285 who died on 18 November →
Source: RAF Bomber Command Campaign Diary (60th-Anniversary website, via the Wayback Machine) →