Royal Air Force

 

 

De grote groepen bommenwerpers die tijdens de tweede wereldoorlog over Nederland vlogen richting Duitsland werden geleid door Royal Air Force Bomber Command. 
Naast Bomber Command coördineerde Fighter Command de jagers zoals de Spitfires en Hurricanes. Deze vliegtuigen werden ingezet voor de verdediging van het luchtruim, verkenningsvluchten, aanvallen op gronddoelen en als escort ter bescherming van de bommenwerpers.


(foto: Harm Kuijper)

De bemanning van de vliegtuigen bestond met name uit mannen van de Britse Royal Air Force (RAF), de Royal Canadian Airforce (RCAF), de Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), de Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) en daarnaast uit andere landen van het bezette Europa zoals Polen, Fransen, Tsjechen, Noren en Nederlanders.
In Nederland kwamen in totaal naar schatting 5600 geallieerde en Duitse toestellen neer waarvan 48 in een straal van 10 kilometer rond Zutphen.

Van de Royal Air Force herdenken wij op deze website de volgende bemanningsleden:


 

The large groups of bombers that flew over the Netherlands during the Second World War towards Germany were led by Royal Air Force Bomber Command.
In addition to Bomber Command, Fighter Command coordinated the fighters such as the Spitfires and Hurricanes. These aircraft were used for airspace defense, reconnaissance flights, attacks on ground targets and as an escort to protect the bombers.

 


(photo: Harm Kuijper)


The crew of the aircraft mainly consisted of men from the British Royal Air Force (RAF), the Royal Canadian Airforce (RCAF), the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as well as other countries of occupied Europe such as Poles, French, Czechs, Norwegians and Dutch.
An estimated 5600 allied and German planes came down in the Netherlands, 48 of which were in a radius of 10 kilometers around Zutphen.

On this website we commemorate the following crew members of the Royal Air Force:
 

Image Victor Charles Rudkin
Sergeant - Wireless Operator
Baker, Victor Charles Rudkin
Royal Air Force
✝ 1942-03-26
Age 19
Image Alan
Sergeant - Wireless Operator / Air Gunner
Burns, Alan
Royal Air Force
✝ 1942-03-26
Age 20
Image Basil Vivian
Sergeant (pilot)
Clinton, Basil Vivian
Royal Air Force
✝ 1945-03-30
Age 22
Image Hendrik Charles
Reserve 2e Luitenant vlieger
Cramm, Hendrik Charles
Royal Air Force
✝ 1945-03-30
Age 27
Image Patrick Austen Gwyer
Sergeant (pilot)
Finch, Patrick Austen Gwyer
Royal Air Force
✝ 1942-03-26
Age 27
Image Lucien
Onder Luitenant
Foissac, Lucien
Royal Air Force
✝ 1945-04-01
Age 26
Image Roy
Sergeant - Air Gunner
Freak, Roy
Royal Air Force
✝ 1942-03-26
Age 21
Image Durston
Sergeant - Flight Engineer
Mann, Durston
Royal Air Force
✝ 1943-06-23
Age 21
Image William Lionel
Sergeant - Observer
Mogford, William Lionel
Royal Air Force
✝ 1942-03-26
Age 25
Image Peter Brindley
Sergeant - Bomb Aimer
Robinson, Peter Brindley
Royal Air Force
✝ 1943-06-23
Age 21
Image Geoffrey Gordon
Pilot Officer
Soames, Geoffrey Gordon
Royal Air Force
✝ 1942-03-26
Age 23