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AHERNE JB
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AHERNE, John

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number PB521
Markings OF-Q
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Becklingen War Cemetery
Grave Reference 23. A. 9..
Epitaph IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON. SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 1
Enlistment information
Service Number 1795799
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 5
Squadron 97 (Straits Settlements)
Trade Flight Engineer
Country of origin if different Eire
Last Operation information
Start Date 21-03-1945
End Date 22-03-1945
Takeoff Station Coningsby
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Hamburg
Reason for Loss Shot down during an attack on the Deutsche Erdolwerke refinery, crashing close to the river Elbe, near Hamburg