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ACTON-HILL IRL
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ACTON-HILL, Ian

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number HR752
Markings NP-T
Memorial information
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
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 121
Enlistment information
Service Number 638104
Service Royal Air Force
Group 4
Squadron 158
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
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