Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED481 |
Markings | WS-N |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Sutton Coldfield Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. C. Nonconformist. Grave 554.. |
Epitaph | THEY LIVE IN THE INDESTRUCTIBLE SPLENDOUR OF ETERNITY |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 56 |
Service Number | 1192740 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 9 (IX) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Allan M (Sgt) |
Butcher A W (Sgt) |
Done G F (Sgt) |
Murton W G (Sgt) |
Nelson F G (WO2) |
Williams A A F (Sgt) |
Start Date | 30-01-1943 |
End Date | 31-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off from Waddington at 2350 hrs detailed to attack targets in Hamburg. On return to Base it was ordered to divert to Leeming while doing so the bomber crashed into high ground 6 miles NW of Helmsley in Yorkshire |