Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ628 |
Markings | SE-Y |
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cramoisy Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | . |
Epitaph | A GOOD LIFE HATH BUT FEW DAYS: BUT A GOOD NAME ENDURETH FOR EVER (Ecclesiasticus 41:13) |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Service Number | 175843 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 431 (Iroquois) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Alp P L (P/O) |
Blasko J A (P/O) |
Bull C G (S/L) |
Heald R (F/O) |
Lockett J E (P/O) |
Mitchell F E (F/O) |
Robin L (P/O) |
Start Date | 18-07-1944 |
End Date | 18-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Croft |
Day/Night raid | Day |
Operation | Vaires- to attack railway yards. 110 aircraft- no report is available on the bombing results. Two aircraft lost. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed SW of Cramoisy, west of Creil, France |