Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED449 |
Markings | VN-T |
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen |
Grave Reference | 24. C. 6.. |
Epitaph | SILENT THOUGHTS BRING MANY A TEAR, OF ONE SO MISSED AND LOVED SO DEAR |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 117 |
Service Number | 1104498 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Allan A (F/S) |
Heslop R (Sgt) |
Jenkins R J (Sgt) |
Kissick V R D (F/S) |
Stephens F (Sgt) |
Ward F (F/S) |
Start Date | 12-03-1943 |
End Date | 13-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by night fighter flown by Oblt. Manfred Meurer of 3./NJG1 at 21.25hrs, flying at 5,300 metres and 3-5 kms East of Bergen. Crashed on the East Bank of the River Meuse at Well, 8 kms EN/East of Venray. |