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AILEY, John

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number W1175
Markings LQ-Q
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 102..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 121
Enlistment information
Service Number R/68523
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 4
Squadron 405 (Vancouver)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different Canada
Last Operation information
Start Date 27-06-1942
End Date 28-06-1942
Takeoff Station Pocklington
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Bremen. 144 aircraft in this second of three attacks in a week on this target. Gee was used to blind-bomb through complete cloud cover. Atlas Werke and the Korff refinery were hit for a second time, the first being the Thousand Radi two days earlier.
Reason for Loss Presumed lost over the sea