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HAYMAN KCM
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HAYMAN, Kenneth

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number LV820
Markings EY-F
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Poix-de-Picardie (Poix-de-la-Somme) Churchyard
Grave Reference Row D. Grave 32..
Epitaph IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR KENNETH, KILLED ON AIR OPERATIONS
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 179
Enlistment information
Service Number 153006
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 4
Squadron 78
Trade Navigator
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 12-06-1944
End Date 13-06-1944
Takeoff Station Breighton
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Amiens to bomb railway installations. Part of a 671 aircraft force to further hamper lines of communications leading to the Normandy area. Cambrai and Caen attacks were scattered but Amiens, Arras and Poitiers were accurate. 23 aircraft were Lost (3.4%) including that of Charles Mynarski VC, the subject of the Canadian Lancaster 'Vera'.
Reason for Loss Crashed at Bosc Mesnil, ESE of St Saëns, France