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AINSLEY, Alan

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number MZ813
Markings NP-Y
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Morpeth (Ss. Mary and James) Churchyard
Grave Reference Old ground, right of park..
Epitaph BELOVED SON OF ELLA AINSLEY
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 121
Enlistment information
Service Number 1596266
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 4
Squadron 158
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 21-02-1945
End Date 22-02-1945
Takeoff Station Lissett
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Worms. 349 aircraft, 11 losses. The only large raid on this town of the war. 1116 tons of high explosives were dropped and the town was said to be 39% destroyed. 64% of the buildings were destroyed including the cathedral and many municipal and cultural buildings. 239 people were killed and 35000 bombed out (from a population of just 58000)
Reason for Loss Crashed into trees at Knodishall in Suffolk and caught fire.