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DANBY, Alan

Personal Information
Rank Sgt
Forename(s) Alan
Surname Danby
Gender M
Age 20
Decorations
Date of death 27-06-1942
Next of kin Son of George Alfred and Susan Danby, of Liverpool. His Brother Francis Also Died On Service.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number W1175
Markings LQ-Q
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 81..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 152
Enlistment information
Service Number 1065468
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 4
Squadron 405 (Vancouver)
Trade WOp/AG
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Fellow Servicemen
Ailey J D (F/S)
Ansell R F (Sgt)
Field W E N (F/S)
Fitzgerald R C (WO2)
Kleisdorff M R (F/S)
Smith E O (Sgt)
Last Operation information
Start Date 27-06-1942
End Date 28-06-1942
Takeoff Station Pocklington
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Bremen. 144 aircraft in this second of three attacks in a week on this target. Gee was used to blind-bomb through complete cloud cover. Atlas Werke and the Korff refinery were hit for a second time, the first being the Thousand Radi two days earlier.
Reason for Loss Presumed lost over the sea