Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED979 |
Markings | PG- |
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot EE. Grave 40.. |
Epitaph | UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 66 |
Service Number | 131976 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 619 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Adsetts J (Sgt) |
Grace R A (Sgt) |
Harper E (F/O) |
Murphy T P (F/S) |
Rivers N E (Sgt) |
Walker J H W (F/S) |
Start Date | 28-06-1943 |
End Date | 29-06-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Woodhall Spa |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Koln |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter (Maj. Gunter Radusch of Stab II./NJG3 detached to 1./NJG1 at 02:24 hrs - his 29th claim) and crashed at Aalst, south of Eindhoven, Holland. |