Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JB280 |
Markings | LQ-K |
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Schoonebeek (Oud Schoonebeek) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 3. Row 1. Coll. grave 735.. |
Epitaph | LOVE'S GREATEST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 145 |
Service Number | R/157740 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Donnelly T H (F/O) |
Miller L G R (Sgt) |
Salaba A J (F/O) |
Watts R E (Sgt) |
West B S J (Sgt) |
Zimmer R (Sgt) |
Start Date | 01-01-1944 |
End Date | 02-01-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Gransden Lodge |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Berlin. 421 Lancasters, 28 losses (6.7%). German fighters were directed to the main bomber stream early in the approach and the German controller was not deceived by the Mosquito diversion on Hamburg. However, the night-fighters were not particularly effective over the target and the flak was also restricted in height due to their presence. Berlin was cloud covered once again and the sky-marking was not especially accurate. Bombing was scattered but mainly in the southern suburbs. Only 21 houses and one industrial building were destroyed and 79 people killed. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter on outbound leg and crashed at Nieuw Schoonebeek, Holland |