Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LV820 |
Markings | EY-F |
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Poix-de-Picardie (Poix-de-la-Somme) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Row C. Joint grave 18.. |
Epitaph | MEMORIES OF OUR DEAR SON ARE A KEEPSAKE WITH WHICH WE WILL NEVER PART |
Ribbon Stone | 1000 (Block 11, Column 23, Row 3) |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 141 |
Service Number | 917815 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 78 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Albon E (F/O) |
Barham S G R (Sgt) |
Biehl W M (Sgt) |
Dilkes M F (Sgt) |
Hayman K C M (F/O) |
Hills H T (F/O) |
Start Date | 12-06-1944 |
End Date | 13-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Breighton |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Amiens to bomb railway installations. 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 | Crashed at Bosc Mesnil, ESE of St Saëns, France |