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AITKEN, Hunter

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number ND572
Markings DX-F
Memorial information
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"
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 1
Enlistment information
Service Number 3030232
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 5
Squadron 57
Trade Ground staff
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
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