Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | NR153 |
Markings | L8-D |
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | |
Grave Reference | . |
Epitaph |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Service Number | C15566 |
Service | Free French Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 347 (Tunisie) |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of origin if different | France |
Person J F M (Cne) |
Start Date | 06-12-1944 |
End Date | 07-12-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Elvington |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Osnabrück. 453 aircraft, 8 losses. The first major raid on this target in more than two years. The railway yards were only partly damaged but the Teuto-Metallwerke munitions factory was hit. 39 people were killed |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Wachendorf, NW of Lingen, Germany |