Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JA918 |
Markings | BQ-Q |
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Oye-Plage Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 2. Grave 4.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 41 |
Service Number | 421968 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 550 |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of origin if different | New Zealand |
Albutt O L (F/O) |
Hopper W W (Sgt) |
Pepper E G R (Sgt) |
Robinson H P (Sgt) |
Sage E V (F/O) |
Taylor W C (Sgt) |
Start Date | 09-05-1944 |
End Date | 10-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | North Killingholme |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Mardyck- to bomb a coastal battery near Dunkerque |
Reason for Loss | Shot down during an attack on a coastal battery near Dunkirk, the aircraft crashing in the sea |