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BREARD, Raoul

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number PN179
Markings H7-M
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place
Grave Reference .
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 135
Enlistment information
Service Number 000082
Service Free French Air Force
Group 4
Squadron 346 (Guyenne)
Trade Navigator
Country of origin if different Algeria
Last Operation information
Start Date 21-02-1945
End Date 22-02-1945
Takeoff Station Elvington
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Worms. 349 aircraft, 11 losses. The only large raid on this town of the war. 1116 tons of high explosives were dropped and the town was said to be 39% destroyed. 64% of the buildings were destroyed including the cathedral and many municipal and cultural buildings. 239 people were killed and 35000 bombed out (from a population of just 58000)
Reason for Loss Crashed at Klein Bockenheim, WSW of Worms