Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | PB521 |
Markings | OF-Q |
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 |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 1 |
Service Number | 1795799 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of origin if different | Eire |
Bray W T (F/S) |
Rainsford A (F/S) |
Stauber N H (F/S) |
Taylor O P F (F/L) |
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 |