Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW173 |
Markings | WL-K |
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Calais Canadian War Cemetery, Leubringhen |
Grave Reference | 4. G. 9.. |
Epitaph | TO ALL THE WORLD HE WAS BUT ONE, TO US HE WAS ALL THE WORLD |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 127 |
Service Number | 39928 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 434 (Bluenose) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Alexander J R (F/O) |
Campbell R E J (P/O) |
Kelso R G (F/O) |
Kyle C H (P/O) |
Learn R B (F/O) |
Start Date | 12-06-1944 |
End Date | 13-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Croft |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Arras- to attack lines of communication. Part of a 671 aircraft force to further hamper lines of communications leading to the Normandy area. Cambrai and Caen attacks were scattered but Amiens, Arras and Poitiers were accurate. 23 aircraft were Lost (3.4%) including that of Charles Mynarski VC, the subject of the Canadian Lancaster 'Vera'. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed Givenchy-en-Gohelle in the Pas-de-Calais, France |