Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW476 |
Markings | PT-J |
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | St. Valery sur Somme Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 895A.. |
Epitaph | NOW FLYING WITH A BETTER SQUADRON IN A MUCH BETTER WORLD |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 175 |
Service Number | J/16011 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 420 (Snowy Owl) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Franklin L S (Sgt) |
Lines C H (P/O) |
Morrison F W (F/O) |
Northern E (F/L) |
Venber N (P/O) |
Young W H (P/O) |
Start Date | 30-04-1944 |
End Date | 01-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Somain to bomb railway installations. 143 aircraft, 1 Halifax Lost The Master Bomber, on seeing that the initial wave of target marking was inaccurate, ordered the main force to wait for a further marking circuit. Most of the force either didn't the order or ignored it and, as a result, much of the bombing fell in open countryside. Only minor damage was caused to the target. |
Reason for Loss | Presumed to have crashed into the sea |