WELLINGTON LOSSES
460 SQUADRON RAAF
DATE | WELLINGTON |
PILOT & CREW |
OPERATION/LOCATION |
17 Feb 1942 | V 1327 (Radio Call Sign UV-?) |
RAAF 402897 Sgt Ware, J H
Captain (Pilot) |
Night cross country training flight Breighton – Peterborough – Harwell – Pershore – Sywell – Breighton. Crashed hillside at Farnley Farm near Huddersfield. |
13 Mar 1942 | X 1251 (Radio Call Sign UV-X) |
RNZAF Sgt Cooney, J P D Captain (Pilot) |
Target Dunkirk, France. Crashed at St Georges near Yeser Canal, Belgium. |
29 Apr 1942 | Z 1290 (Radio Call Sign UV-T) |
RAAF 402885 Flt Sgt Shephard, L M Captain (Pilot) |
Kiel, Germany. Crashed in the vicinity of Neumunster. |
7 May 1942 | Z 1413 (Radio Call Sign UV-X) |
RAAF 402362 FO Kennedy, W J Captain (Pilot) |
Stuttgart, Germany |
7 May 1942 | Z 1254 (Radio Call Sign UV-L) |
RAF Sqn Ldr Gilbert C L Captain (Pilot) |
Stuttgart, Germany |
30 May 1942 |
Z 1388 (Radio Call Sign UV-J) |
RAAF 407192 Flt Lt Bourke, T H Captain (Pilot) |
Gennevilliers, France. |
1 Jun 1942 |
Z 1311 (Radio Call Sign UV-Z) |
RAAF 404701 Sgt Walsh, J F Captain (Pilot) |
Essen, Germany |
2 Jun 1942 |
Z 1344 (Radio Call Sign UV-W) |
RAF FO Holland, A J Captain (Pilot) |
Essen, Germany |
3 Jun 1942 |
Z 1394 (Radio Call Sign UV-Q) |
RAAF 402742 FO Keene, J W Captain (Pilot) |
Essen, Germany |
3 Jun 1942 |
Z 1249 (Radio Call Sign UV-K) |
RAAF 402910 Flt Sgt Levitus, S Captain (Pilot) |
Essen, Germany? |
8 Jun 1942 | Z 1412 | RAAF 021976 Flight
Lieutenant Douglas David Hurditch RAF 747961 Flight Sergeant C.D. Hendon (Navigator) RAAF Pilot Officer Eric Francis Maher Wireless Operator Air Gunner) RAF 1006942 Sergeant D. Tinkler (Air Gunner) RAF Sergeant Colin Mills Campbell (Air Gunner) |
Essen, Germany/Haarlam,
Dutch coast near Leiden
Air Gunner Colin Campbell KIA and the other 4 as POWS |
20 Jun 1942 | Z 14860 | RAAF 400805 Warrant
Officer David Gordon Kitchen RAF 1281960 D.W. Watson (Bomb Aimer) RAAF 403109 Lionel Heyman James (Navigator/Observer) RAAF 401408 Sergeant Maurice Anivitti (Air Gunner) RAAF 400160 Sergeant Geoffrey Lovell Stevens (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) C.W. Lanham?? Shown on John Watson Crew list but cannot find them in NAA records - May not have been onboard A.A. Penglase?? Shown on John Watson Crew list but cannot find them in NAA records - May not have been onboard |
Emden/Rysum, All KIA |
22 Jun 1942 |
Z 1383 (Radio Call Sign UV-D) |
RAAF 400578 Flt Sgt Buckingham, R J Captain (Pilot) |
Mine laying operation in French waters off Lorient. |
3 Jul 1942 |
Z 1381 (Radio Call Sign UV-H) |
RAAF 404784 Flt Sgt Johnston, A M Captain (Pilot) |
Bremen, Germany. |
3 Jul 1942 |
Z 1470 (Radio Call Sign UV-R) |
RAAF 404844 Sgt Whittick, A F Captain (Pilot) |
Bremen, Germany. |
12 Jul 1942 |
Z 1328 (Radio Call Sign UV-U) |
RAAF 407534 Sgt Moyle, A L Captain (Pilot) |
Mine laying operation in the vicinity of the Frisian Islands off the North West coast of Holland. |
26 Jul 1942 |
Z 1399 (Radio Call Sign UV-P) |
RAAF 406344 Flt Lt Burgess, C H Captain (Pilot) |
Duisberg Germany. |
26 Jul 1942 |
Z 1462 (Radio Call Sign UV-R) |
RAF 40053 Sqn Ldr Leighton, J W E MID Captain (Pilot) |
Duisberg Germany. |
27 Jul 1942 |
Z 1335 (Radio Call Sign UV-C) |
RAAF 402760 F/O Breen F J Captain (Pilot) |
Hamburg, Germany. |
27 Jul 1942 |
Z 1483 (Radio Call Sign UV-D) |
RAAF 406359 Flt Lt Keyser, V F Captain (Pilot) |
Hamburg, Germany. |
4 Aug 1942 |
Z 1422 (Radio Call Sign UV-W) |
RAAF 402948 PO Grand, A G Captain (Pilot) |
Gardening operation. |
10 Aug 1942 |
Z 1463 (Radio Call Sign UV-L) |
RAAF 403175 Flt Sgt Finlay, J A
Captain (Pilot) * Members of No 27 Operational Training Unit RAF. |
Osnabruck, Germany. |
13 Aug 1942 |
Z 1404 (Radio Call Sign UV-J) |
RAAF 400886 FO Clegg, W A Captain (Pilot) |
Mainz, Germany. |
27 Aug 1942 |
Z 1259 (Radio Call Sign UV-W) |
RAAF 403152 FO Summers, J F Captain (Pilot) |
Kassel, Germany. |
27 Aug 1942 |
Z 1212 (Radio Call Sign UV-W) |
RAAF 408139 Flt Sgt Viney, C C Captain (Pilot) |
Kassel, Germany. |
28 Aug 1942 |
Z 1485 (Radio Call Sign UV-B) |
RAAF 403663 FO Elrington, R D Captain (Pilot) |
Saarbrucken, Germany. |
10 Sep 1942 |
R 1695 (Radio Call Sign UV-Y) |
RAAF 404941 Flt Sgt Pearson, J C Captain (Pilot) |
Dusseldorf, Germany. |
11 Sep 1942 |
Z 1216 (Radio Call Sign UV-S) |
RAAF 404601 Flt Sgt Bryden J A Captain (Pilot) |
Dusseldorf |
14 Sep 1942 |
Z 1385 (Radio Call Sign UV-Z) |
RAAF 404949 Flt Sgt Brasher, E K
F DFM Captain (Pilot) *A member of No 460 Conversion Flight. |
Bremen |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I'd like to thank Stephen Oliver and Richard Munro for their assistance with this web page.
REFERENCE BOOKS
Firkins, Peter, "Strike and Return", Westward Ho Publishing Co., 1985
Holmes, Harry, "Avro Lancaster - The Definitive Record"
Watson, John, "460 Squadron (RAAF), Pilots and Crews"
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