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ALBISTON K
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ALBISTON, Kenneth

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Short Stirling III
Serial Number EH936
Markings JN-W
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Rheinberg War Cemetery
Grave Reference Coll. grave 21. B. 15-18..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 121
Enlistment information
Service Number 136454
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 3
Squadron 75 (NZ)
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 23-09-1943
End Date 24-09-1943
Takeoff Station Mepal
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Mannheim- to bomb the northern part of the city which had not sustained much damage in raids earlier this month. 628 aircraft and the now familiar five American B-17s. 32 aircraft Lost (5.1%). Target marking and bombing were accurate but some creepback took place, meaning that towards the end of the raid, bombs were falling in open countryside and into Ludwigshafen, causing significant damage to the I. G. Farben chemical plant. The neighbouring town of Frankenthal was completely burnt out.
Reason for Loss Crashed at Dirmstein, Germany