Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB221 |
Markings | OF-W |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 172.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 136 |
Service Number | J/20377 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of origin if different | United States of America |
Aley H C (F/O) |
Little D H W (Sgt) |
Sinden R W (F/S) |
Smith G (P/O) |
Tutt B F (Sgt) |
Watson T (P/O) |
Start Date | 25-11-1943 |
End Date | 26-11-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Bourn |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Frankfurt. 262 aircraft, mainly Halifaxes. 12 losses (4.6%) with no diversionary raids. The German controller correctly surmised that Frankfurt was the target. Cloud cover led to scattered bombing and it is thought that fewer than 100 bombs landed on the city. 80 deaths on the ground and 1500 people were bombed out |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a Bf110 flown by Oblt. Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of Stab II/NJG1 at 02:45hrs and crashed at Brandau, SSW of Reinheim, Germany. This was Bonin's 25th claim. |