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ALDRED WM
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ALDRED, William

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number LK833
Markings SE-R
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Kiel War Cemetery
Grave Reference Coll. grave 5. A. 1-6..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 121
Enlistment information
Service Number J/87553
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 431 (Iroquois)
Trade Pilot
Country of origin if different Canada
Last Operation information
Start Date 28-07-1944
End Date 29-07-1944
Takeoff Station Croft
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Hamburg. 307 aircraft. German night-fighters appeared on the return leg leading to 22 losses (7.2%). This was the first raid on Hamburg for a year and was not well concentrated. The Germans were unable to determine the aiming point from the bombing results. Most of the bombs fell on areas devastated during 1943.
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Hohenaspe, NNW of Itzehoe, Germany