[Alex Smart]

Hi, as they were all flying 226 Sqn RAF a/c then no American a/c were lost on this raid as all were RAF a/c. Unless you meant American built a/c.

From Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces ETO Area June 1942 - December 1943.
1st July 1942
Boston III - Z2200
2 killed.
Pilot. Capt Sherman F. Stacher jr.
2Lt. Charles Mente jr.
A/c was on loan from 107 Sqn to 226 Sqn.

4th July 1942
Boston III - AL677 "MQ-P"
3 killed , 1 POW.
Pilot. 2Lt. Frederick A. Loehrl +
N. 2Lt. Marshall D. Draper +
G. Cpl. James W. Wright +
G. Sgt. Robert L. Whitham POW.
Shot down by flak and crashed on a sandbank opposite De Kooij a/f, Island of T%exel, Holland.

Boston III - AL741 "MQ-V"
4 killed.
Pilot. 2Lt. William G. Lynn jr
N. 2Lt. Boyd S. Grant
G. S/Sgt William E. Murphy
G. Cpl. Charles P. Kramarewicz.
Shot down by flak and broke up in air north of Bergen -aan - Zee, Holland.

Boston III - Z2213 "MQ-U"
3 killed.
P/O. C.M. Henning +
P/O. P.J. Vozey +
Sgt. H.T. Willig +
Shot down by Bf 109 and crashed in sea 20 miles West of Callantsoog, Holland.Pilot of Bf109 Ufz. Hans Rathenow of 10/JG1.
From BCL volume 3

But the first loss to the USAAF in the ETO was a 31 Fighter Group pilot that was of the 308th Fighter Sqn.
killed in a Spitfire EN847 on the 29th June 1942.
1Lt. Alfred W. Giacomini.

Alex