Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | HR941 |
Markings | NP-A |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kiel War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 4. J. 18.. |
Epitaph | OUR LOSS IS GREAT, WE'LL NOT COMPLAIN. WE KNOW IN HEAVEN WE'LL MEET AGAIN |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Service Number | R/177535 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Bolam W H (Sgt) |
Francis T H G (Sgt) |
Howitt E J (Sgt) |
Knight F C R (Sgt) |
Moody P M B (Sgt) |
Wilson J G (F/S) |
Start Date | 24-07-1943 |
End Date | 25-07-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Lissett |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Hamburg. 791 aircraft, 12 losses (1.5%). Clear conditions over the target and only a light wind. This was the first raid in which Window was used. A mixture of H2S and visual marking was used and although initial bombing was concentrated, creepback was particularly evident with a corridor of fire some 6 miles long developing. Approximately 1500 civilian deaths- the greatest number in a raid outside the reach of Oboe. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near Schleswig, Germany |