Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | LK634 |
Markings | IP-T |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Joint grave 23. E. 1.. |
Epitaph | AND I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE; AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 177 |
Service Number | 1653119 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 434 (Bluenose) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Bailey W G (F/S) |
Davies T (Sgt) |
Popplewell C H (F/O) |
Zahl R A (F/S) |
Start Date | 29-09-1943 |
End Date | 30-09-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Bochum. 352 aircraft, 9 losses (2.6%). Oboe equipped PFF accurately marked the target leading to concentrated bombing. 161 deaths on the ground |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by as Hptm. Egmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld and crashed in a field near to Legden, 15km WNW of Munster. |