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YTHIER PAG
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YTHIER, Pierre

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster I
Serial Number PB780
Markings IQ-T
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Durnbach War Cemetery
Grave Reference 9. H. 19..
Epitaph SON AME PARCOURANT L'ESPACE S'EST EVADEE VERS D'AUTRES CIEUX. SEIGNEUR, RECEVEZ - LE (French: HIS SOUL TRAVELLING THROUGH SPACE HAS ESCAPED TO OTHER HEAVENS- LORD RECEIVE HIM)
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 120
Enlistment information
Service Number 184182
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 1
Squadron 150
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different Mauritius
Last Operation information
Start Date 23-02-1945
End Date 24-02-1945
Takeoff Station Hemswell
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Pforzheim
Reason for Loss Attacked by a JU88 night-fighter within minutes of leaving the target area. The port wing caught fire and the order to abandon was issued. Crashed at Neuhausen in southern Germany during this devastating attack