Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED735 |
Markings | KC-R |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 122.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 120 |
Service Number | 113351 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 617 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Florence R (P/O) |
Grimes W C (F/O) |
Laughland A M (P/O) |
O'Grady J B D (W/O) |
Plishka L (F/O) |
Smyth D (F/L) |
Whittingham S J (P/O) |
Start Date | 17-11-1943 |
End Date | 18-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Rabat, Morocco |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Transit |
Reason for Loss | Had raided the Antheor Viaduct & landed in Morocco. On return to UK lost without trace, possibly ditched into Bay of Biscay. |