Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW572 |
Markings | SE-Q |
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Boran-sur-Oise Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 22.. |
Epitaph | IN LOVING MEMORY OF RALPH. CONSTANTLY HE REMAINS IN OUR HEARTS. HE DIED FOR US |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 146 |
Service Number | C/87371 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 431 (Iroquois) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Cooper D A (P/O) |
Dunn J W K (F/O) |
Jackson G (P/O) |
Williams J E (P/O) |
Youngs W A (F/S) |
Start Date | 18-07-1944 |
End Date | 18-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Croft |
Day/Night raid | Day |
Operation | Vaires- to attack railway yards. 110 aircraft- no report is available on the bombing results. Two aircraft lost. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Nerville la Forêt, SE of l'Isle Adam, France |