Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | HR752 |
Markings | NP-T |
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Sacquenay Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 2.. |
Epitaph | SWEET ARE THE MEMORIES, SILENTLY KEPT, OF ONE WE LOVED AND WILL NEVER FORGET |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Service Number | 638104 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Bingley D G (Sgt) |
Deans R (F/S) |
Loveland D S (Sgt) |
Start Date | 15-07-1943 |
End Date | 16-07-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Lissett |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Montbéliard- to attack the Peugeot factory near the Swiss border. 165 Halifaxes, 5 of which were Lost (3.0%). Clear weather conditions and the target was only lightly defended but PFF marked 700 yards beyond the factory and as a result 80% of the bombs fell on the town and only 20% on the target. The raid had no impact on production at the factory |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near Sacquenay, NE of Dijon, France |