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EBBOTT EC
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EBBOTT, Edwin

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster I
Serial Number W4942
Markings UV-F
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Durnbach War Cemetery
Grave Reference 9. F. 28..
Epitaph ROCK OF AGES, CLEFT FOR ME, LET ME HIDE MYSELF IN THEE
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 159
Enlistment information
Service Number 409034
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Group 1
Squadron 460 (Australian)
Trade Air Bomber
Country of origin if different Australia
Last Operation information
Start Date 16-04-1943
End Date 17-04-1943
Takeoff Station Breighton
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Pilsen- Skoda armaments factory. 327 aircraft, 36 loses (11.0%). The main force was told to locate the Skoda factory visually and only to use PFF marking as a general guide. A large asylum building some 7 miles away was mistaken for the target. The Skoda factory was not hit at all.
Reason for Loss Crashed at Worms-Horchheim, Germany