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FRANCIS, Thomas

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number HR941
Markings NP-A
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Kiel War Cemetery
Grave Reference 4. J. 20..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 166
Enlistment information
Service Number 1339184
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 4
Squadron 158
Trade WOp/AG
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 24-07-1943
End Date 25-07-1943
Takeoff Station Lissett
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Hamburg. 791 aircraft, 12 losses (1.5%). Clear conditions over the target and only a light wind. This was the first raid in which Window was used. A mixture of H2S and visual marking was used and although initial bombing was concentrated, creepback was particularly evident with a corridor of fire some 6 miles long developing. Approximately 1500 civilian deaths- the greatest number in a raid outside the reach of Oboe.
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near Schleswig, Germany