Lost Wings
...Details: Known aircraft & crews that were lost.. (as a result of air operations...or otherwise)...
1939-1941
Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Crew Captain
Aircraft - Details
S/Ldr L Aitken Blenheim IV Z7450 - TR-O - Lost 07/07/1941 (flak from a destroyer)
P/O Gordon Arscott Blenheim IV L4857 - TR-? - Lost 04/05/1940 (crashed on landing)
P/O Stanley Ashton Blenheim IV L3697 - TR-? - Lost 04/06/1940 (failed to return)
F/L RW Ayres DFC Blenheim IV-?- TR-J - Lost 25/09/1940 (crashed on landing)
P/O H Badland Blenheim IV V6097 - TR-A - Lost 28/04/1941 (flak from gunboat)
F/O Francis D Bird Blenheim IV L9226 - TR-? - Lost 22/05/1940 (shot down by RAF Spitfire)
P/O CJE Chamberlain Blenheim IV N6173 - TR-? - Lost 14/05/1940 (failed to return)
P/O HA Clark Blenheim IV L3665 - TR-P - Lost 13/07/1940 (crashed into sea)
S/Ldr GCN Close GC Blenheim IV T1874 - TR-Y - Lost 09/05/1941 (failed to return)
P/O SG Collier Blenheim IV V5520 - TR-F - Lost 28/04/1941 (flak from gunboat)
P/O KC Cook Blenheim IV T2217 - TR-F - Lost 10/01/1941 (crashed into sea)
P/O D Custerson Blenheim IV L8791 - TR-D - Lost 04/02/1941 (crashed on take off)
P/O DW Date Blenheim IV ? - TR-? - Lost 22/03/1941 (shotdown by M.E.109)
P/O HLN Davis Blenheim IV N3590 - TR-F - Lost 09/08/1940 (failed to return)
P/O J Dellow Blenheim IV 2794 - TR-F - Lost 28/08/1940 (crashed on return)
P/O DA Drew Blenheim IV N3587 - TR-K - Lost 02/08/1940 (shotdown by Bf109)
P/O Roy A Durie Blenheim IV ? - TR-? - Lost 18/05/1940 (shotdown - one survivor)
P/O JJ Finlay Blenheim IV 3880 - TR-S - Lost 31/08/1940 (unknown)
F/L AER Fry DFC Blenheim IV N3615 - TR-E - Lost 28/04/1941 (flak from gunboat)
F/O H Haswell Blenheim IV L9473 - TR-? - Lost 25/07/1940 (shotdown by Bf109)
F/L PA Hawks Blenheim IV P6926 - TR-? - Lost 14/05/1940 (pos shotdown - German fighter)
P/O LB Hinman Blenheim IV N3537 - TR-? - Lost 01/12/1940 (unknown)
P/O Hitch Blenheim IV N6168- TR-? - Lost 16/05/1940 (shotdown by Hurricane - all survived)
P/O EE Hives Blenheim IV R2319 - TR-D - Lost 17/10/1940 (failed to return)
P/O AD Hopkins Blenheim IV R3637 - TR-? - Lost 09/07/1940 (aircraft explosion)
F/O AP Hovenier Blenheim IV N3614 - TR-E - Lost 29/11/1940 (failed to return)
P/O AK Jackson Blenheim IV R3694 - TR-? - Lost 10/07/1940 (shotdown by Bf109)
P/O Jerwood Blenheim IV R3889 - TR-? - Lost 26/11/1940 (unknown)
P/O RFW Johnson Blenheim IV L8793 - TR-? - Lost 25/09/1940 (crashed into sea - one casualty)
P/O TD Kerr Blenheim IV T2220 - TR-? - Lost 03/06/1941 (unknown)
P/O F Lewis Blenheim IV T2137 - TR-P - Lost 02/11/1940 (crashed on return)
P/O MW Lishman Blenheim IV V5962 - TR-J - Lost 06/04/1941 (posble shotdown by Fw Bauer)
P/O McMillan Blenheim IV V5648- TR-? - Lost 26/03/1941 (unknown)
W/C Morgan-Weld-Smith Blenheim IV L8792 - TR-A - Lost 01/08/1940 (failed to return)
P/O RD Morton Blenheim IV V5687 - TR-H - Lost 28/04/1941 (flak from gunboat - one casualty)
P/O Munro Blenheim IV V5533 - TR-V - Lost 18/03/1941 (crashed on landing - all survived)
P/O MI Murdoch Blenheim IV ? - TR-? - Lost 15/05/1940 (unknown)
S/L GT Palmer DFC Blenheim IV ? - TR-? - Lost 06/05/1941 (failed to return)
P/O KV Palmer Blenheim IV V2795 (pos R3635)- TR-D - Lost 20/09/1940 (failed to return)
P/O J Peters Blenheim IV R3664 - TR-? - Lost 28/05/1940 - (shotdown - one survivor)
P/O J Rex Blenheim IV R3881 - TR-A - Lost 10/07/1940 (crashed on return)
P/O B Reynolds

Blenheim IV V2795 - TR-A - Lost 19/08/1940 (failed to return)
F/O FG Roberts Blenheim IV ?- TR-? - Lost 09/05/1941 (unknown)
P/O LD Sandes DFC Blenheim IV V6065 - TR-? - Lost 26/03/1941 (unknown)
P/O W Scarfe Blenheim IV T2040 - TR-? - Lost 23/02/1941 (all survived)
P/O Richard E Shaw Blenheim IV N3613 - TR-? - Lost 26/05/1940 (unknown)
F/L GV Smither Blenheim IV ?- TR-? - Lost 15/05/1940 (force landed - plane abandoned)
F/O JGR Sturrock Blenheim IV V6647- TR-R - Lost 29/05/1941 (failed to return)
P/O MR Turnbull Blenheim IV T1801- TR-T - Lost 26/07/1940 (failed to return)
P/O Beelaerts van Blokland Blenheim IV R2783- TR-V - Lost 23/11/1940 (shotdown by Me109)
P/O JN Whitmore Blenheim IV V5863- TR-X - Lost 06/04/1941 (hit balloon cable, ditched in sea)
P/O CR Wylie Blenheim IV L4856- TR-K - Lost 19/05/1941 (plane abandoned - crew survived)
P/O CR Wylie Blenheim IV R3817- TR-? - Lost 16/06/1940 (shotdown by RAF Spitfire)
P/O Wightmen Blenheim IV V5394 - TR-? - crashed 23/02/1941 (all survived)
Pilot Unknown 1 Blenheim IV V6147 - TR-J - Lost 28/04/1941 (1 crew killed - confirmed)
Pilot Unknown 2 Blenheim IV ?- TR-? - Lost 16/06/1941 (2 crew members buried in Boulogne)
1941-1942
Lockheed Hudson Mk III-V
Crew Captain
Aircraft - Details
P/O DH Bain Hudson V AM796 - TR-? Lost 02/03/1942 (failed to return)
P/O MG Boggon Hudson V AM782- TR-? Lost 21/04/1942 (failed to return)
F/L DA Buchan DFC Hudson V ? - TR-? 24/10/1941 (failed to return)
P/O LE Cook Hudson V ?- TR-? Lost 17/01/1942 (failed to return)
F/O DJR Gee Hudson V ? - TR-? Lost 29/01/1942 (failed to return)
P/O G McLean Hudson V ? - TR-? Lost 17/05/1942 (failed to return)
P/O V Moss Hudson V ? - TR-F Lost 11/05/1942 (possble shotdown - flak)
W/C RH Niven Hudson V ? - TR-? Lost 29/05/1942 (failed to return)
P/O CF Rogerson Hudson V AM704 - TR-D Lost 03/10/1941 (flak from gunboat)
Sgt LV Schafer Hudson V ? - TR-? Lost 29/05/1942 (AA fire)
F/Sgt C Scouller Hudson V? - TR-V Lost 11/05/1942 (possble shotdown - flak)
Sgt AW Story Hudson V? - TR-? Lost 18/01/1942 (crashed into high ground)
P/O DV Thesiger Hudson V? - TR-? Lost 28/04/1942 (failed to return)
  Between Dec 1941 and Jan 1942 - Eighteen 59 Sqn Hudson aircraft were reassigned to the Middle East, along with their respective crews. Only 7 of these made it to Sumatra.
1942-1945
Consolidated B24 Liberator Mk III-V
Crew Captain
Aircraft - Details
F/O M Charlton Liberator Mk.V FL985 - 59/M Lost 07/05/1943 (crashed, abandoned - bad weather)
S/Ldr WW Cave DFC Liberator Mk.V FL971 - 59/V Lost 07/05/1943 (failed to return - bad weather)
P/O IB "Taffy" Jenkins Liberator Mk.V FL977 - 59/H Lost 24/06/1944 (crashed into high ground)
W/O NR Langton Liberator Mk.V FL989 - 59/L Lost 19/06/1944 (crashed due to bad weather)
P/O John Lloyd Liberator Mk.V BZ724 - 59/P Lost 18/08/1944 (crashed into high ground)
F/L AM Rhodes Liberator Mk.V FL980 - 59/T Lost 24/02/1944 (failed to return)
F/O DWB Taylor Liberator Mk.V BZ765 - 59/F Lost 20/08/1943 (failed to return)
F/L RP Wade Liberator Mk.V FL990 - 59/A Lost 19/06/1944 (crashed due to bad weather)
P/O Peter Wright Liberator Mk.V FL974 - 59/E Lost 07/05/1943 (abandoned/bad weather - all survived)
W/C JG Halliday Liberator Mk.VI KH125 - 59/? Lost 03/12/1945 (hit by lightning, wing torn off)
n/a Liberator Mk.VI KL676 -59/BY-X 18/10/1945 (missing, ferry flight)
n/a Liberator Mk.VIII KK339 - 59/? 09/05/1945 (crashed due to bad weather, BK)
n/a Liberator Mk.V BZ941 - 59/? 10/01/1946 (crashed on landing NFD)
n/a Liberator Mk.V FL973 - 59/C 11/04/1944 (crashlanded DBR)
Dec 1942-Mar 1943
Boeing B17E - Flying Fortress IIA (RAF)
Crew Captain
Aircraft - Details
F/O RJ Weatherhead Flying Fortress IIA FK209 - 59/J Lost 23/03/1943 (shotdown by Ju88C)
 
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