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HOLMES, Andrew

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Vickers Wellington III
Serial Number DF665
Markings VR-Q
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Belgium
Burial/Memorial Place Gosseliès Communal Cemetery
Grave Reference Row 1. Grave 13..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 183
Enlistment information
Service Number R/76189
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 4
Squadron 419 (Moose)
Trade WOp/AG
Country of origin if different Canada
Last Operation information
Start Date 28-08-1942
End Date 29-08-1942
Takeoff Station Topcliffe
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Saarbrucken. 113 aircraft despatched in this experimental raid- incurred 7 losses (%). No PFF presence. Theory was that this lightly defended town would be an easy target while the main raid was taking place on Nuremburg. Bombing was scattered over a wide area and overall the raid was not a success
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Givet on the French border