Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W1175 |
Markings | LQ-Q |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 102.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Service Number | R/68523 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Ansell R F (Sgt) |
Danby A (Sgt) |
Field W E N (F/S) |
Fitzgerald R C (WO2) |
Kleisdorff M R (F/S) |
Smith E O (Sgt) |
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 |