22-28 June 1943

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Overview

12 Sqn lost 3 aircraft this week, although only one of them was on operations, the others were on take-off and during a training flight. Of the over 55,500 aircrew killed serving in Bomber Command during WW 2, more than 7,700 were killed in training accidents. A lot of training was carried out by those crews who had completed their 30 missions of an operational tour, and it was the opinion of many of these men that training new crews to fly 4-engined bombers was as dangerous as flying an operation to Berlin or the Ruhr.

Extract from Station Diary

Sgt Reginald Sneesby, aged 21, the son of Arthur William & Emily Sneesby of Selby. He was the Wireless Operator in the aircraft of Sgt Yeo, which crashed during a training exercise. All were killed.
Sgt Paul Soluk, aged 24, the son of Dymetro & Franciska Soluk of Sawdy, Alberta, Canada. He was the Mid-Upper Gunner in Sgt Yeo’s aircraft.
The aircraft Sqn Ldr Knight was flying when it crashed during the Cologne raid on 28th June – all the crew were killed

Extract from Appendix to 12 Sqn Operational Record Book

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