| Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
| Serial Number | EB251 |
| Markings | ZL-T |
| Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
| Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
| Grave Reference | 26. D. 10.. |
| Epitaph | HEAVEN'S WINDS, BLOW SOFTLY O' ER THIS SWEET SPOT WHERE ONE WE LOVED LIES SLEEPING |
| Phase | 2 |
| Panel Number | 121 |
| Service Number | R/134836 |
| Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
| Group | 6 |
| Squadron | 427 (Lion) |
| Trade | Air Gunner |
| Country of origin if different | Canada |
| Bartlett E (Sgt) |
| Gofton C C (F/S) |
| McLean J J (WO2) |
| Vandekerckhove G P C (P/O) |
| Young A E (P/O) |
| Start Date | 31-08-1943 |
| End Date | 01-09-1943 |
| Takeoff Station | Leeming |
| Day/Night raid | Night |
| Operation | Berlin. 622 aircraft, 47 losses (7.6%). Stirling losses were some 16.0% Fighter flares were used by the German night-fighters for the first time to mark the path of the main force both into and out of the target area. This raid was not a success. Cloud, combined with the now familiar problems with the H2S equipment and the effective defences of the city conspired to make the PFF marking very difficult. Creepback was an additional problem and it is said that the fires stretched back some 30 miles! Only 85 homes were destroyed. There were 68 deaths. Goebbels ordered that all children and any adults not engaged in war work be evacuated to the country. |
| Reason for Loss | Shot down near Bramsche, SSE of Lingen, Germany |