Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | LM587 |
Markings | JO-L |
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Wissant Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 3.. |
Epitaph | HIS SMILING FACE NO MORE WE'LL SEE BUT HIS MEMORY WILL LIVE FOR EVER |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 80 |
Service Number | 158226 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 463 (Australian) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Acres R J (P/O) |
Bowman N J (F/O) |
Brookman R C (F/S) |
Dillon B G D (W/O) |
Morris J E (F/O) |
Patrick R J (F/S) |
Smith S W (P/O) |
Tottenham A B L (F/L) |
Start Date | 26-09-1944 |
End Date | 26-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night raid | Day |
Operation | Cap Griz Nez |
Reason for Loss | Shot down during an attack on one of the last points holding out on the French coast. Crashed near Wissant alongside the Calais-Boulogne road |