Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND572 |
Markings | DX-F |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Turners Hill (St. Leonard) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | . |
Epitaph | KILLED WHILST FLYING "HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME, THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, YET SHALL HE LIVE" |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 1 |
Service Number | 3030232 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 57 |
Trade | Ground staff |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Anscomb R J (F/O) |
Dandy G E (Sgt) |
Davis E (Sgt) |
Leahy F D (Sgt) |
Thomas R (Sgt) |
Waters C J (F/S) |
Watts C W (Sgt) |
Whitefoot D (Sgt) |
Start Date | 01-03-1945 |
End Date | 02-03-1945 |
Takeoff Station | East Kirkby |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Training |
Reason for Loss | Collided with a 207 Squadron Lancaster ME473 while taking part in a night fighter affiliation exercise. Both aircraft crashed at Ruskington, near Sleaford |