Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND500 |
Markings | OF-G |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 2. C. 14.. |
Epitaph | HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS KING AND COUNTRY |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 142 |
Service Number | 116945 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 97 (Straits Settlements) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Alexander W E (Sgt) |
Munton G C (Sgt) |
Stewart H (Sgt) |
Waugh K R (F/L) |
Wickens R C (F/O) |
Start Date | 24-04-1944 |
End Date | 25-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Coningsby |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Munich. 260 aircraft, 9 Lancasters Lost (3.5%). Marking went well and bombing was accurate. The local report states that most of the damage was civic and domestic and not industrial. 88 people killed on the ground and almost 2500 injured. 30000 were bombed out. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed at Kirchheim bei Munich |