50 Squadron losses April - June 1942

50 Squadron losses April - June 1942

Hand written table titled 'April - June 1942, losses in chronological order 50 Squadron, code : VN, Base : Skellingthorpe'. During this period the squadron was operating the Manchester. The last two entries are for August and September.

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April – June 1942.

Losses in chronological order 50 Squadron Code: VN Base; Skellingthorpe

[a] Date [b] Serial Aircraft / Letter [c] Captain [d] N in Crew / Survivors [e] Circumstances [f] Duty Target

[a] 25.3.42 [b] L7486 [c] Sgt D Atkinson [d] ? / ? [e] Crashed & burnt out at Skellingthorpe, poss on delivery. Conflicting statements re-casualties [f] Non – Ops

[a] 18.4.42 [b] R5782 [c] P/o G Baker [d] 7 / 5 [e] Crashed 10km N of Hamburg. G. N.F.D. [no further details] on circs. [circumstances] [f] Bombing Hamburg

[a] 30.4.42 [b] L7516 / VN-N [c] F/s T. Willett [d] 7 / 5 [e] Shot down by Bf110 of 11/NJG3 Westerland, pilot unknown & cr [crashed] on tidal flats at Sylt, G [f] Gardening

[a] 9.5.42 [b] L7489 [c] Sgt M Gruber [d] 7 / 6 [e] Abandoned & cr at Marienborg, Den NFD [no further details] on circs. [f] Bombing Warnemund[missing letter]

[a] 9.5.42 [b] R5778 [c] – [d] 7 / 7 [e] Aborted after being hit by flak. Returned on one engine. Crew bailed out & a/c cr. [f] Bombing Warnemunde

[a] 13.5.42 [b] L7519 [c] F/s P J W Blake [d] 5 / 0 [e] Dived into ground. Thurlby, Lincs. Cause never established [f] Non – Ops

[a] 30/31.5.42 [b] L7456 / ZN-? [c] Sgt Wilkie [d] 7 / 4 [e] Hit by flak. Port engine caught fire. Force landed on airfield at Dusseldorf, G (106 Con Flt a/c) [conversion flight aircraft] [f] Bombing Cologne

[a] 30/31.5.42 [b] L7301 / ZN-D [c] F/o L. Manser [d] 7 / 6 [e] Port engine fire following flak damage, A/c cr at Bree, Belgium (106 Con Flt a/c) [f] Bombing Cologne

[a] 4.6.42 [b] L7432 [c] P/o J F Heaton [d] 7 / 7 [e] Shot down by Maj Radusch of IV/NJGI & cr at Zwiggelte, province of Drente, NL [f] Bombing Bremen

[a] 6.6.42 [b] R5833 [c] P/o Garland [d] 7? / 6? [e] Cr nr Ile de Quiberone (Fr). NFD on circs [f] Gardening

[a] 7.6.42 [b] L7471 [c] F/o A D Beatty [d] 7 / 7 [e] NFD [f] Bombing Emden

[a] 26.6.42 [b] L7475 [c] Sgt R.G. Roy [d] 7 / ? [e] NFD [f] Bombing Bremen

[a] 16.8.42 [b] L7475 [c] – [d] – [e] Engine fire, crashed Talbenny. NFD 50 Con Flt a/c [f] Non-Ops

[a] 5.9.42 [b] L7521 [c] – [d] – [e] cr. Waddington. NFD 50 Con Flt a/c [f] Non-Ops