Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BJ898 |
Markings | KO-C |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Rheinberg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 8. A. 18.. |
Epitaph | OF GREAT YARMOUTH AND SHARNBROOK "I VOW TO THEE, MY COUNTRY..." |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 179 |
Service Number | 1262068 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Abel J S (F/O) |
Larkins H W (F/O) |
Stammers E F (F/S) |
Williams D G (F/S) |
Start Date | 06-12-1942 |
End Date | 07-12-1942 |
Takeoff Station | East Wretham |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Mannheim. 272 aircraft, 10 losses (3.7%). PFF did not mark the targets due to total cloud cover. Many aircraft bombed using dead-reckoning instead. Little damage. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Alsheim, NNW or Worms |