Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | LM430 |
Markings | WS-B |
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Brussels Town Cemetery |
Grave Reference | X. 17. 17.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 85 |
Service Number | 22172 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 9 (IX) |
Trade | Station Commander |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Burkitt W F (Sgt) |
Finch A (F/S) |
Hearn J W (F/O) |
Manning A E (F/O) |
Warywoda P (P/O) |
Zammit J J (Sgt) |
Start Date | 22-03-1944 |
End Date | 23-03-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Bardney |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Frankfurt |
Reason for Loss | Shot down at 23.10 by a night-fighter flown by Oblt. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of vStab IV./NJG1 and crashed at Lembeek, south of Halle. |