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DORSETT JWA
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DORSETT, John

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster I
Serial Number W4896
Markings GT-W
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Durnbach War Cemetery
Grave Reference Joint grave 8. D. 13-14..
Epitaph SWEET JESUS, IN THY MERCY GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST. HOLY MARY, PRAY FOR HIM
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 156
Enlistment information
Service Number 529468
Service Royal Air Force
Group 8
Squadron 156
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 08-03-1943
End Date 09-03-1943
Takeoff Station Warboys
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Nuremburg. 335 aircraft, 8 losses (2.4%) using H2S and visual marking as Nuremburg was out of the range of Oboe. Ground haze prevented accurate marking and as a result the bombing was spread over a wide area, much of it outside the city limits. Much damage of MAN and Siemens factories together with railway installations.
Reason for Loss Thought to have crashed near Furth, NW of Nuremburg