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PALLING, Aubrey

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number LM653
Markings DX-Q
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Hanover War Cemetery
Grave Reference 6. D. 4..
Epitaph HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY, HIS ABSENCE A SILENT SORROW
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 81
Enlistment information
Service Number 428261
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Group 5
Squadron 57
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different Australia
Last Operation information
Start Date 20-03-1945
End Date 21-03-1945
Takeoff Station East Kirkby
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Halle
Reason for Loss Part of a small force of 12 Lancasters taking part in a diversionary attack, it is believed to have been shot down by Luftwaffe night fighter ace Herbert Lutje, his 50th victim. The Lancaster crashed at Friedrichsthal, north of Frankfurt