Aircraft | Avro Lancaster lll |
Serial Number | DV264 |
Markings | SR-L |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 14. D. 5.. |
Epitaph | IN MEMORY OF MY SON JIM. EVER REMEMBERED. MOTHER AND FAMILY |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 40 |
Service Number | 1552815 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 101 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Adamson W I (F/O) |
Bowyer N H (Sgt) |
Kippen E M (P/O) |
Marrian N (F/O) |
Start Date | 30-03-1944 |
End Date | 31-03-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Ludford Magna |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Nürnberg |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off from Ludford Magna at 2145 hrs tasked with ABC duties for the raid on Nurnberg. Lancaster was inadvertently shot down by an unidentified Halifax and crashed near the small town of Gemund |