Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | R5623 |
Markings | OL-C |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 9. J. 18.. |
Epitaph | LOVED BY ALL. REST IN PEACE |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 185 |
Service Number | 1311798 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Goodfellow L T (WO2) |
Mathieson J J (Sgt) |
Renfree E H (F/O) |
Webster E (Sgt) |
Young H (Sgt) |
Byrd C H J (F/S) |
Start Date | 24-08-1942 |
End Date | 25-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Frankfurt- 226 aircraft sustained 16 losses (7.1%). Crews had great difficulty in locating the target due to cloud cover, despite the raid being PFF led (the second time that PFF had done so). Most of the bombs fell in open countryside |
Reason for Loss | Exploded and crashed at Kalbach, near Fulda, Germany |