Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | W4261 |
Markings | ZN-C |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 8. G. 10.. |
Epitaph | GOD TOOK HIM HOME TO HEAVEN IN A HOME OF MANY MANSIONS |
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 120 |
Service Number | R/90314 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 106 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Aleo J (WO2) |
Cronk L W (F/S) |
Dewar D H A (P/O) |
O'Connor G E P (Sgt) |
Phair M A (WO2) |
Quinn J E (WO2) |
Start Date | 13-01-1943 |
End Date | 14-01-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Syerston |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Essen |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Maj. Werner Streib, Stab 1./NJG1 at 19.16hrs SW of Appeldoorn. Crashed at Oberhausen nr Dusseldorf. Initially buried in Dusseldorf North Cemetery and reinterred on 28 November 1946. |