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 D. Grave 14.. |
Epitaph | OUR DEAR SON AND BROTHER. IN MEMORY WE WILL KEEP HIM AS LONG AS THE YEARS ROLL ON |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 155 |
Service Number | 1584011 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 78 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Albon E (F/O) |
Barham S G R (Sgt) |
Biehl W M (Sgt) |
Campbell R J (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 |