Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | Z1685 |
Markings |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Honington (All Saints) Churchyard, Suffolk |
Grave Reference | Row D. Grave 12.. |
Epitaph | THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN (Extract from For The Fallen by Laurence Binyon) |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 58 |
Service Number | R/117367 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 91 |
Squadron | 23 OTU |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Alderson R C (Sgt) |
Harron W R (F/S) |
Oswald R E (F/S) |
Yarker P (Sgt) |
Start Date | 29-01-1943 |
End Date | 29-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Stratford upon Avon |
Day/Night raid | Day |
Operation | Training- navigation exercise |
Reason for Loss | Collided with a second Wellington from 23 OTU (X3586), both aircraft crashing near RAF Honington in Suffolk |