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RAINSFORD, Anthony

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number PB521
Markings OF-Q
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Becklingen War Cemetery
Grave Reference 23. A. 10..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 88
Enlistment information
Service Number 710264
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 5
Squadron 97 (Straits Settlements)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different Rhodesia
Last Operation information
Start Date 21-03-1945
End Date 22-03-1945
Takeoff Station Coningsby
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Hamburg
Reason for Loss Shot down during an attack on the Deutsche Erdolwerke refinery, crashing close to the river Elbe, near Hamburg