Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW173 |
Markings | WL-K |
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Givenchy en Gohelle Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 2.. |
Epitaph | ETERNAL REST AND PEACE GRANT HIM, O LORD; MAY PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE ON HIM |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 141 |
Service Number | J/85772 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 434 (Bluenose) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Alexander J R (F/O) |
Bartlett C S (W/C) |
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 |