Page of loss or damage to some No 75 (NZ) Squadron aircraft

Page of loss or damage to some No 75 (NZ) Squadron aircraft

Page lists six events, three Stirling, all crashes, three Lancasters damaged by anti-aircraft fire. The first on 1 December 1943, the last on 26 August 1944. This is not an exclusive list. The first on the list records Ken Hook's crash near Acklington.

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Date: 1 December 1943 Stirling III EH880
Target: Mining – Denmark
Crashed into house attempting to land at Acklington; five children killed
Capt: WO Kerr, G.J.S. Killed
Nav: Sgt Wort, D.F. Killed
FE: Sgt Copsey, L.G. Killed
WOP: FS Holt, D.A. Killed
AB: Sgt Smith, R. Killed
[underlined] MU: Sgt Hook, K. Injured [/underlined]
R/gnr: Sgt Lucas, G.W.T. Killed
Date: 16 December 1943 Stirling III EF163
Target: Mining – Frisians
Crashed on return at Bedinghams Farm, Cambridgeshire
Capt: PO Kinross, C. Killed
Nav: FO Jenkins, R.F. Killed
FE: Sgt Askew, R. Killed
WOP: Sgt Savage, W. Killed
AB: Sgt Emmerson, R. Killed
MU: Sgt Newman, S. Injured
R/Gnr: Sgt Warner, J. Killed
Date: 28 January 1944 Stirling III EF512
Target: Mining – Kiel Bay
Night fighter attack; crash landed at Coltishall
Capt: PO Baker, C.R. (NS) [inserted] – AWARDED D.F.C. [/inserted]
Nav: FS Gardner, C. (NZ)
FE: Sgt Watson, W.P. [inserted] [symbol] [/inserted] Wounded
WOP: Sgt Marden, G.
AB: FS Jones, R. (Aus)
MU: Sgt Renwick, H.R. Wounded
R/gnr: Sgt Schober, E. (Can) [inserted] [underlined] STAND IN [/underlined] FOR SGT R CORNISH [/inserted]
Date: 11 June 1944 Lancaster 1 ME751
Target: Dreux
Hit by flak; AB flew aircraft back
Capt: PO McCardle, C. Wounded
Nav: PO Zillwood, A.H.R. (NZ)
FE: Sgt Benfold, J. Wounded
WOP: FS Hunt, E.
AB: WO Hurse, A.W. (Aus)
MU: Sgt Edwards, J.
R/gnr: Sgt Sparkes, D.
Date: 18 July 1944 Lancaster HK568
Target: Cagny
Hit by flak
Capt: FS Moriarty, D.J. (NZ) Wounded
Nav: FS Monoghan, T.
FE: Sgt Scott, A.
WOP: Sgt Teverson, A.
AB: FO Ward, I.
MU: Sgt Williams, A.
R/gnr: FS Fox, R.
Date: 26 August 1944 Lancaster 1 LM544
Target: Kiel
Hit by flak
Capt: FO Andrews, V. (NZ)
MU: Sgt Moloney, M. Wounded
[inserted] D1551 [circled MP]
Mine laying (19 S) 12 H
FRISIANS & to east
[indecipherable word] E of Denmark
2 (S) lost)
Stirling B1II Aust. MlH [inserted]
[inserted] [underlined] 1940 – 1945 [/underlined]
A/C FAILED TO RETURN
[underlined] 192 [/underlined]
TOTAL AIRCREW KILLED OR MISSING
[underlined] 1068 [/underlined]
33 Returned BUT CRASHED
5 CRASHED ON T.O.
[underlined] 1 [/underlined] DITCHED
[underlined] 39 A/C [/underlined] [/inserted]