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ABEL, Jack

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Vickers Wellington III
Serial Number BJ898
Markings KO-C
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Rheinberg War Cemetery
Grave Reference 8. A. 21..
Epitaph AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 121
Enlistment information
Service Number 120353
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 3
Squadron 115
Trade Navigator
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 06-12-1942
End Date 07-12-1942
Takeoff Station East Wretham
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Mannheim. 272 aircraft, 10 losses (3.7%). PFF did not mark the targets due to total cloud cover. Many aircraft bombed using dead-reckoning instead. Little damage.
Reason for Loss Crashed at Alsheim, NNW or Worms