Aircraft | Avro Lancaster X |
Serial Number | KB821 |
Markings | SE-P |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 5. B. 19.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Service Number | J/6390 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 431 (Iroquois) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Gillissie W G (F/O) |
James L K (F/L) |
McQuitty T (F/O) |
Nickerson F J (F/O) |
Pool G R (F/L) |
Staves A W (F/O) |
Start Date | 06-01-1945 |
End Date | 07-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Croft |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Hanau. 482 aircraft, 6 losses. Hanau contained an important junction in the German railway system. Many bombs hit the area directly around the target but also many were scattered across the town. The local report states that about 40% of the town was destroyed with 90 deaths. |
Reason for Loss | May have collided with PB228 |