Aircraft | Avro Lancaster X |
Serial Number | KB759 |
Markings | NA-K |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 249.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Service Number | J/87993 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 428 (Ghost) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Attewell A E (P/O) |
Magill T E (P/O) |
Murdoch T G (P/O) |
Parsons R (F/O) |
Smith B L (F/L) |
Thaine F B (P/O) |
Urquhart J A (P/O) |
Start Date | 28-07-1944 |
End Date | 29-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Hamburg. 307 aircraft. German night-fighters appeared on the return leg leading to 22 losses (7.2%). This was the first raid on Hamburg for a year and was not well concentrated. The Germans were unable to determine the aiming point from the bombing results. Most of the bombs fell on areas devastated during 1943. |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace |