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HUNTER, Colin

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number ND741
Markings KM-K
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Orleans Main Cemetery
Grave Reference Plot 1. Row A. Coll. grave 16-27..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 53
Enlistment information
Service Number 85249
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 5
Squadron 44 (Rhodesia)
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 07-05-1944
End Date 08-05-1944
Takeoff Station Dunholme Lodge
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Salbriz explosives and ammunition factory
Reason for Loss Attacked by a night fighter shortly after midnight, forcing the crew to abandon the aircraft at low level near the village of Herbilly. Due to their low altitude, only one of the parachutes opened. Six crew members died. The aircraft crashed into the village, exploding and destroying several buildings and killing 13 civilian victims in their homes. Shot down by Lt. Fred Hromadnik of 9/NJG4- his fourth claim.