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AIANO, Robert

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number MZ529
Markings SE-E
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Belgium
Burial/Memorial Place Schoonselhof Cemetery
Grave Reference IVa. D. 32..
Epitaph THY WILL BE DONE
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 121
Enlistment information
Service Number 1434385
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 6
Squadron 431 (Iroquois)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different Canada
Last Operation information
Start Date 27-04-1944
End Date 28-04-1944
Takeoff Station Croft
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Montzen- to attack railway installations. 144 aircraft, 15 losses (10.4%). Not a particularly successful raid, compounded by very high loss rate. Only one part of the railway yards were hit.
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed ESE of Herselt, Belgium