Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W7707 |
Markings | LQ-K |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 77.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Service Number | 810144 |
Service | Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Henning D (Sgt) |
McLean A F (Sgt) |
Pickett W B (Sgt) |
Sankey G E (P/O) |
Wadman L A (F/S) |
Welsh G A (F/S) |
Start Date | 30-05-1942 |
End Date | 31-05-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Cologne. 1047 sortie raid- the first of the 1000 Bomber Raids. 1455 tons of bombs dropped, one third being incendiaries. Local reports state that there were 1700 large fires but no firestorm unlike Rostock and Lubeck since Cologne was a modern city with building |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace |