Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | W7629 |
Markings | MG-Z |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 27. B. 1-6.. |
Epitaph | LOVED SON OF MR. AND MRS. L.M.JOHN OF BURWOOD, VICTORIA |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 189 |
Service Number | 400505 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 7 |
Trade | Observer |
Country of origin if different | Australia |
Aldridge H W (P/O) |
Bennitt N A (F/L) |
Dupreez C J (Sgt) |
Sawyer R (Sgt) |
Smith J M (F/L) |
Spalding N (Sgt) |
Start Date | 06-09-1942 |
End Date | 07-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Duisburg. 207 aircraft, 8 losses (3.9%). Cloud cover lead to scattered bombing but the authorities in Duisburg classed it as the heaviest raid to date |
Reason for Loss | Crashed 6km SSW of Goch, Germany |