Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | PB126 |
Markings | CF-T |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 259.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 1 |
Service Number | 426856 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 625 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | Australia |
Gledstone R (F/S) |
Start Date | 30-06-1944 |
End Date | 01-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Kelstern |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Vierzon |
Reason for Loss | Both air gunners were buried at the crash site and their bodies were later exhumed by an American recovery unit. Regrettably their new resting place in not known and as a consequence they are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial |