Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND973 |
Markings | KM-A |
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 11. J. 1-8.. |
Epitaph | GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 9 |
Service Number | 926074 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 44 (Rhodesia) |
Trade | Flight engineer |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Baxter G (P/O) |
Rutherford B A M (P/O) |
Scholes K (W/O) |
Taylor D A (F/S) |
Whitfield D R R L (Sgt) |
Young S (P/O) |
Start Date | 21-06-1944 |
End Date | 22-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Dunholme Lodge |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Synthetic oil plant at Wesseling |
Reason for Loss | Caught by a night-fighter over Holland and crashed at Herkenbosch (Limburg), 6km SE from the centre of Roermond. |