Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ767 |
Markings | MH-D |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 14. B. 12.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 183 |
Service Number | 421510 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 51 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of origin if different | New Zealand |
Allan A (W/O) |
Boulton A W T (Sgt) |
Cook R G (Sgt) |
Start Date | 05-01-1945 |
End Date | 06-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Snaith |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Hannover. 664 aircraft, 31 losses (4.7%). Bombs fell throughout the city. 493 buildings were destroyed and 250 people killed. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Brandlecht, SSE of Nordhorn |