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R.A.F. / Commonwealth 1943 loss reports
04.01.1943. No. 54 O.T.U. Beaufighter IIF T3038 F/Lt Sgt. Norwood
13.01.1943 No. 12 O.T.U. Wellington III X3338 S/Ldr. Forman D.F.C. (New 21-02-2010)
30.01.1943 No. 105 Squadron Mosquito IV DZ367 S/Ldr. Darling
14/15.01.1943 No. 300 Squadron (Polish) Wellington IV Z1387 Sgt. Gosiewski
17/18.01.1943. No. 97 Squadron. Lancaster 1. R5575 Sgt. Rowson
26.01.1943 No. 306 Squadron (Polish) Spitfire F.IX BS459 W/O. Jasiński
05.02.1943. No. 611 Squadron. R.A.F. Spitfire IX. BS425. S/Ldr. Armstrong
14.02.1943. No.15 Squadron. R.A.F. Stirling I. BF448. Fl/Lt. Chave
03/04.02.1943 No. 408 Squadron Stirling I R9250 P/O Blincoe D.F.C.
5/6.03.1943 No. 49 Squadron Lancaster III ED431 Sgt. Thom
12.03.1943 O.A.D.U. Hudson VI FK722 Sgt. Fahie
12/13.3.1943 No. 10 Squadron R.A.F. Halifax II DT778 P/O. Dickinson
23.03.1943 No. 59 Squadron B-17 Fortress FK209 F/O. Weatherhead
29/30.03.1943 No. 420 Squadron R.C.A.F. Wellington X MS484 F/O. Grant
29/30,03.1943. No. 429 Squadron. R.C.A.F. Wellington III BK540 Sgt. Carty
03.04.1943. No. 408 Squadron. Halifax II HR7133 F/O Gamble
03/04.04.1943. No. 408 Squadron. Halifax II JB866 P/O Sirett
04/05.04.1943. No.10 Squadron. Halifax II HR699 F/O Wann
05.04.1943. No. 21 Squadron. Ventura 1 AE839 F/O Hicks 1
10/11.04.1943 No. 115 Squadron Lancaster II DS604 Sgt. Thomas
12/13.04.1943 No. 138 Squadron Halifax II BB340 W/O. Jensen
10/11.04.1943. No. 420 (Snowy Owl) Squadron R.C.A.F. Wellington X HE422. F/O Jackson
11/12.04.1943 No. 23 O.T.U.Wellington III BJ786 Fl/Sgt. Rogers (Updated 28-02-2010)
14/15.04.1943 No. 420 Squadron (Snowy Owl) Wellington X HE863 W/O. Cozens
21.04.1943. No. 21 Squadron. Ventura II AE913 F/O Hicks 2
24.04.1943. No. 302 Squadron. (Polish) Spitfire VB AR385 P/O Dec
26/27.04.1943. No. 75 Squadron. (R.N.Z.A.F.) Stirling I BF517 P/O Buck
28/29.04.1943. No. 75 Squadron (R.N.Z.A.F.) Stirling I W7513 Sgt. Halliburton
30/01.05.1943. No. 106 Squadron R.A.F. Lancaster III ED451 Sgt. Abel
01.05.1943. No.143 Squadron R.A.F. C.C. Beaufighter XI. JL943. W/O Bain
12/13.05.1943 No. 51 Squadron Halifax II HR786 P/O. Locksmith (New 13-02-2010)
12/13.05.1943 No. 51 Squadron Halifax II DT685 Fl/Sgt. N.E. Jones (New 13-02-2010)
12/13.05.1943 No. 51 Squadron Halifax II JB806 Sgt. B. Brown (New 13-02-2010)
12/13.05.1943 No. 51 Squadron Halifax II DT645 Fl/Sgt. D.S. Smith (New 13-02-2010)
12/13.05.1943 No. 51 Squadron Halifax II DT637 Sgt. Thompson (New 13-02-2010)
18/19.05.1943 No. 307 (Polish) Squadron Mosquito II DZ288 Fl/Lt. Dziegielewski (New 06-01-2010)
21/22.05.1943 No. 428 Squadron Wellington X HE899 Sgt. Magnusson (New 15-02-1020)
26/26.05.1943 No. 149 Squadron Stirling III BK710 Sgt. Uden (Updated 22-02-2010)
12/13.06.1943. No. 408 Squadron R.C.A.F. Halifax II. JB790. Fl/Lt Large (Updated 10-03-2010)
12.06.1943 No. 432 Squadron. Ground accident. Fl/Sgt. Kelly
13/14.06.1943 No. 90 Squadron Stirling III EE683 Fl/Lt. Coombs (Updated 31-01-2010)
17.06.1943. No. 421 Squadron (RCAF) Spitfire IX LZ996. S/L Archer
17.06.1943 No. 316 Squadron (Polish) Spitfire IX BR143 Fl/Lt. Stegman
21/22.06.1943 No. 7 Squadron Stirling I R9272 Fl/Lt. Watt D.S.O. D.F.C.
22/23.06.1943 No. 78 Squadron Halifax II W7930 Fl/Sgt. Tipler (New 18-03-2010)
24.06.1943. No.75 Squadron (RAF) Sterling III EH902. P/O Bluck
25.06.1943 No. 12 Squadron Lancaster III ED968 Fl/Sgt. Yeo (New 23-02-1020)
25/26.06.1943. No. 9 Squadron (RAF) Lancaster III ED831. S/Ldr Hobbs
28/29.06.1943 No. 619 Squadron (R.A.F) Lancaster III ED979 Fl/Sgt. Murphy
28/29.06.1943 No. 419 Squadron (RAF) Halifax II JD215 F/O. Fowler
06.07.1943. No. 466 Squadron (R.A.A.F.) Wellington X HF601. W/Cmdr. Owen
09.07.1943. No. 85 Squadron (RAF) Mosquito NFXII HK172. Fl./Lt Lintott
13/14.07.1943 No. 428 Squadron Halifax V DK228 Fl/Lt. Weeks (Updated 13-02-2010)
14.07.1943 No.115 Squadron Lancaster II DS690 S/L The Hon. Baird
20.07.1943. No. 198 Squadron Typhoon Ib JP486, F/Lt Deugo
24/25.07.1943 NO. 51 Squadron Halifax II HR940 Sgt Murray (New 05-02-2010)
27/28. 07.1942. No. 467 Squadron Lancaster III W5003 P/O. Carrington
30/31.07.1943 No. 78 Squadron Halifax II JD375 Sgt. Derrick Hadwin
03.08.1943 No. 401 Squadron R.C.A.F. Spitfire Vb BL339 F/O Delbridge
09.08.1943 No. 316 (P) Squadron Spitfire IX BS457 F/O Kondracki
22.08.1943 No. 316 (P) Squadron R.A.F. Spitfire IX BS456 F/L Kurylowicz
23/24.08.1943 No.149 Squadron R.A.F. Stirling III EE894 Fl/Sgt. May
27/28.08.1943 No.10 Squadron R.A.F. Halifax II JD368 Baker
27/28.08.1943 No. 207 Squadron R.A.F. Lancaster III ED627 P/O. Fitzgerald
27/28.08.1943 No.12 Squadron R.A.F. Lancaster III DV187 W/O. Aspden
30/31.08.1943 No. 427 Squadron Halifax V LK629 Fl/Sgt Buxton
30/31.08.1943 No. 78 Squadron Halifax II JD43 Sgt. Collins MiD (New 15-02-2010)
30/31.08.1943 No.162 Squadron R.A.F.V.R. Wellington 1C Sgt Veale
31/01.09.1943 No. 12 Squadron R.A.F. Lancaster III DV185 Sgt. Machin (New 31-01-2010)
31/01.09.1943 No. 77 Squadron R.A.F. Halifax II JD413 Fl/Lt. Wilson
03/04.09.1943 No. 106 Squadron Lancaster III JA893 S/Ldr. Howroyd
03/04.9.1943 No. 49 Squadron R.A.F.V.R. Lancaster III JB126 F/O. Coates
11.09.1943 No. 315 Squadron (Polish) Spitfire VB W3427 Fl/Sgt. Grondowski
13.09.1943 No. 152 Squadron (Polish) Spitfire VC ED112 Fl/Lt. Drecki
19/20.09.1943 No. 138 Squadron Halifax V DG252 S/Ldr. Wilkin D.F.C. (Updated 26-02-2010)
21.09.1943. No. 13 O.T.U. B25 Mitchell FL193. F/O Ledgerwood
22/23.09.1943 No. 51 Squadron Halifax II JN901 F/O. Pohe (New 06-01-2010)
22/23.09.1943 No. 434 Squadron R.C.A.F. Halifax V LK909 P/O. Green
22/23.09.1943 No. 9 Squadron Lancaster I R5700 P/O. Crabtree (Updated 06-01-2010)
23/24.09.1943 No. 97 Squadron Lancaster III JA708 Fl/Lt. Fletcher
24.09.1943 No. 303 Squadron (Polish) Spitfire IX EN173 FL/Sgt. Szymkowiak
27.09.1943 No. 306 Squadron (Polish) Spitfire VC EE683 Fl/Sgt. Bondarczuk
01.10.1943 No. 19 S.F.T.S. (R.C.A.F.) Anson 11547 P/O. Schelten
03/04.10.1943. No. 623 Squadron. Stirling III EH994. P/O Muir
04.10.1943 No.100 Squadron R.A.F. Lancaster III ED583 F/O Morgan
18/19.10.1943 No. 207 Squadron Lancaster III LM326 W/O. Taylor
24.10.1943. No.150 Squadron. Wellington HF482. Sqn/Ldr Brown
05.11.1943 No. 227 Squadron Beaufighter JL939 F/O. Yurchison
15.11.1943 No. 11 E.F.T.S. R.C.A.F. Cornell 15263 P/O. Smoker
26/27.11.1943. No. 408 Squadron. Lancaster DS723 W/CM Mair
29.11.1943 No. 308 Squadron (Polish) Spitfire F.IX MA584 P/O. Pietrasiak
16/17.12.1943 No. 166 Squadron Lancaster III JB369 P/O. A.E. Brown (New 31-01-2010)
18.12.1943. No. 270 (228 / 201 Sqdn) Sunderland DW106 Fl/Lt. Wood - Pax: F/O Sparkes
20/21.12.1943 No. 76 Squadron Halifax V LK732 P/O. Cable (New 25-02-2010)
20/21.12.1943 No. 304 Squadron P.A.F. Wellington XIV HF208 Fl/Sgt. Adomowicz
21.12.1943 No. 1679 H.C.F. Lancaster II DS615 F/O. McGavock (Updated 15-02-2010)
29/30.12.1943 No. 429 Squadron Halifax II JD318 P/O. Merkley (New 15-02-2010)
29/30.12.1943 No. 408 Squadron R.C.A.F. Lancaster II DS718 Fl/Lt. Wilton (New 06-03-2010)
