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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Notes
1	Burridge	Harry J	Flight Sergeant	149497	Age 23		Air/Bmr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-07-13	Halifax	II	JD108	EY-U	Breighton	2349	Aachen	Shot down by a night fighter of Obit. Rudolf Altendorf of II/NJG and crashed near Hainaut, Belgium, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen Crashed near Froid-Chapelle Belgium	Killed	Gosselies Communal Cemetery Row 2. Coll. Grave 1-3.		Halifax JD108, piloted by Warrant Officer K. A. Toon, was shot down by a night-fighter piloted by Obit. Rudolf Altendorf of II/NJG, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen Attacker Rudolf Altendorf
2	Campbell	G M	Flight Sergeant	1071995			Air/Gnr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-07-13	Halifax	II	JD108	EY-U	Breighton	2349	Aachen	Shot down by a night fighter of Obit. Rudolf Altendorf of II/NJG and crashed near Hainaut, Belgium, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen Crashed near Froid-Chapelle Belgium	PoW No: 380 Camp: Stalag Luft Barth Vogelsang			Halifax JD108, piloted by Warrant Officer K. A. Toon, was shot down by a night-fighter piloted by Obit. Rudolf Altendorf of II/NJG, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen Attacker Rudolf Altendorf
3	Cowell	Dennis W.G.	Sergeant	1315850			Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-07-13	Halifax	II	JD108	EY-U	Breighton	2349	Aachen	Shot down by a night fighter of Obit. Rudolf Altendorf of II/NJG and crashed near Hainaut, Belgium, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen Crashed near Froid-Chapelle Belgium	Evader - returned to UK 1943-04-11			Halifax JD108, piloted by Warrant Officer K. A. Toon, was shot down by a night-fighter piloted by Obit. Rudolf Altendorf of II/NJG, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen Attacker Rudolf Altendorf
4	Donaldson	L G	Sergeant	1280330			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-07-13	Halifax	II	JD108	EY-U	RAF Breighton	2349	Aachen	Shot down by a night fighter of Obit. Rudolf Altendorf of II/NJG and crashed near Hainaut, Belgium, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen Crashed near Froid-Chapelle Belgium	Evader - returned to UK 1943-09-05		Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire	Halifax JD108, piloted by Warrant Officer K. A. Toon, was shot down by a night-fighter piloted by Obit. Rudolf Altendorf of II/NJG, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen Attacker Rudolf Altendorf
5	Falcus	Reystone	Sergeant	1479074			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-07-13	Halifax	II	JD108	EY-U	Breighton	2349	Aachen	Shot down by a night fighter of Obit. Rudolf Altendorf of II/NJG and crashed near Hainaut, Belgium, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen Crashed near Froid-Chapelle Belgium	Evader - returned to UK 1943-04-11			Halifax JD108, piloted by Warrant Officer K. A. Toon, was shot down by a night-fighter piloted by Obit. Rudolf Altendorf of II/NJG, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen Attacker Rudolf Altendorf
6	McDonald	James	Pilot Officer	139648			Air/Gnr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-07-13	Halifax	II	JD108	EY-U	Breighton	2349	Aachen	Shot down by a night fighter of Obit. Rudolf Altendorf of II/NJG and crashed near Hainaut, Belgium, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen Crashed near Froid-Chapelle Belgium	PoW No: 2626 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan			Halifax JD108, piloted by Warrant Officer K. A. Toon, was shot down by a night-fighter piloted by Obit. Rudolf Altendorf of II/NJG, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen Attacker Rudolf Altendorf
7	Nesbitt	John Douglas	Flight Lieutenant	133519			Air Gunner	1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45	RAFVR	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-07-13	Halifax	II	JD108	EY-U	Breighton	2349	Aachen	Shot down by a night fighter of Obit. Rudolf Altendorf of II/NJG and crashed near Hainaut, Belgium, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen Crashed near Froid-Chapelle Belgium	Killed	Gosselies Communal Cemetery. Row 2. Coll. grave 1-3.		He joined the Squadron as a Sergeant in May 1942, and his first operational sortie was the first 1,000 Bomber Raid on Cologne, on 30-31 May 1942. From May 1942 to December 1942 he took part in 18 operations including the Krupps works at Essen four times, Emden, Bremen, Wilhelmshaven, Vegesack (The Vulcan U Boat construction yards), Duisberg three times, Hamburg, and Saarbrucken. He was commissioned Pilot Officer on 6 October 1942, and was promoted Flying Officer on 6 April 1943, and then acting Flight Lieutenant, serving as the Squadron’s Gunnery Leader. As Gunner Leader he intermittently took part in raids in 1943, the most notable of which were attacks on Le Creusot (The Skoda Arms Works), Berlin, Mannheim, and Cologne. Nesbitt was killed in action when Halifax JD108, piloted by Warrant Officer K. A. Toon, was shot down by a night-fighter piloted by Obit. Rudolf Altendorf of II/NJG, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen, on 13-14 July 1943 and crashed near Frois-Chapelle, Hainaut, Belgium, on what was Nesbitt’s 24th operational sortie. This was Altendorf’s 18th victory out of a total of 26. Five of the crew managed to bail out, three evaded capture, and two were taken prisoner of war. Nesbitt, together with the pilot, and one other crew member, died in the wreckage of the aircraft. Nesbitt is buried in Gosselies Communal Cemetery, Belgium. His medals were sent to his mother, Adelina Nesbitt. 23 Cairnside, East Herrington, Nr. Sunderland, Co. Durham Attacker Rudolf Altendorf
8	Toon	Kenneth Alan	Warrant Officer	NZ/415206	Age 21	New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1943-07-13	Halifax	II	JD108	EY-U	Breighton	2349	Aachen	Shot down by a night fighter of Obit. Rudolf Altendorf of II/NJG and crashed near Hainaut, Belgium, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen Crashed near Froid-Chapelle Belgium	Killed	Gosselies Communal Cemetery Row 2. Coll. Grave 1-3.	Courtesy Jenifer Lemaire	Halifax JD108, piloted by Warrant Officer K. A. Toon, was shot down by a night-fighter piloted by Obit. Rudolf Altendorf of II/NJG, whilst on a bombing raid to Aachen Attacker Rudolf Altendorf

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