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KINGSLAND EH
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KINGSLAND, Edwin

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number DT539
Markings DY-A
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Netherlands
Burial/Memorial Place Texel (Den Burg) Cemetery
Grave Reference Plot K. Row 6. Grave 128..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 194
Enlistment information
Service Number R/74447
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 4
Squadron 102 (Ceylon)
Trade Air Bomber
Country of origin if different Canada
Last Operation information
Start Date 09-11-1942
End Date 10-11-1942
Takeoff Station Pocklington
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Hamburg. 213 aircraft, 15 losses (7.0%). Many weather problems, including cloud, wind and icing, and absence of a successful PFF marker conspired to make this raid relatively unsuccessful
Reason for Loss Hit by flak and crashed at Oosterend on the Dutch island of Texel