Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JD366 |
Markings | DY-V |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 6. A. 11.. |
Epitaph | FOR EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS. MUM, DAD AND RENIRA |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Service Number | 1821990 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Adams J A (Sgt) |
Durrant N W (Sgt) |
Haddow J (F/O) |
James L (Sgt) |
Pearson D M (Sgt) |
Shore-Marston W R (Sgt) |
Start Date | 25-11-1943 |
End Date | 26-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Frankfurt. 262 aircraft, mainly Halifaxes. 12 losses (4.6%) with no diversionary raids. The German controller correctly surmised that Frankfurt was the target. Cloud cover led to scattered bombing and it is thought that fewer than 100 bombs landed on the city. 80 deaths on the ground and 1500 people were bombed out |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Oestrich, Germany |