Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LL955 |
Markings | ZN-E |
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Oosterwolde General Cemetery, Oldebroek |
Grave Reference | Plot 2. Coll. grave.. |
Epitaph | PEACEFULLY SLEEPING, RESTING AT LAST; THE WORLD'S WEARY TRIALS ARE PAST |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 51 |
Service Number | J/88617 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 106 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Aldridge F H (Sgt) |
Brodie J (P/O) |
Brownlee W (F/S) |
Keith D R N (F/S) |
O'Connell G F L (F/S) |
Sleep R (Sgt) |
Start Date | 21-06-1944 |
End Date | 22-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Metheringham |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Scholven-Buer synthetic oil plant |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night- fighter and crashed at Oosterwolde (Gelderland) some 15 km SW of Zwolle in the neighbouring province of Overijssel. |