Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JA923 |
Markings | OF-H |
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 6. E. 2.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 122 |
Service Number | 146301 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Brown K (F/L) |
Curry J (F/S) |
Hogg R M (P/O) |
Saunders W T (W/O) |
Sullivan J T (F/S) |
Webb L S (F/L) |
Start Date | 04-10-1943 |
End Date | 05-10-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Bourn |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Frankfurt. 409 aircraft including three B-17s. 11 losses, including one B-17 (2.5%). This was the last raid where American aircraft were involved. Clear weather led to good marking and extensive destruction to the eastern half of the city and the inland docks. Tragically, an orphanage housed in a former Jewish hospital suffered a direct hit resulting in the death of 90 children, 14 nuns and some other members of staff |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have come down at Dauborn, SE of Limburg, Belgium and were initially buried there. Unusually, their graves are now in Belgium |