Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | W4261 |
Markings | ZN-C |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 8. G. 11.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 80 |
Service Number | 925406 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 106 |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Aleo J (WO2) |
Cronk L W (F/S) |
Dewar D H A (P/O) |
Phair M A (WO2) |
Quinn J E (WO2) |
Zavitz R (W/O) |
Start Date | 13-01-1943 |
End Date | 14-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Syerston |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Maj. Werner Streib, Stab 1./NJG1 at 19.16hrs SW of Appeldoorn. Crashed at Oberhausen nr Dusseldorf. Initially buried in Dusseldorf North Cemetery and reinterred on 28 November 1946. |