Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | X3713 |
Markings | WS-J |
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Leens General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 14. Grave 1.. |
Epitaph | AND THE LORD SAID, "WHO SHALL GO FOR US?" AND I SAID, "HERE AM I, LORD, SEND ME" (Bible - Isaiah 6:8) |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 136 |
Service Number | 114155 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 9 (IX) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Adair A D (F/S) |
Baxter J D (P/O) |
Brown J (Sgt) |
James L V (W/C) |
Start Date | 20-06-1942 |
End Date | 21-06-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Honington |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Emden. 185 aircraft, of which 8 were lost. 100 houses damaged and 1 person injured |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed NW of Groningen, Holland |