Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | MZ261 |
Markings | BU-T |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 3. D. 17.. |
Epitaph | ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY HIS MOTHER, SISTER AND RELATIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 199 |
Service Number | 129581 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of origin if different | South Africa |
Alford D E (Sgt) |
Archer V H (Sgt) |
Dodd J (Sgt) |
Egan J J (F/S) |
Martin L (Sgt) |
North F J (Sgt) |
Start Date | 23-05-1943 |
End Date | 24-05-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Chedburgh |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Dortmund. 826 aircraft- the largest since the 1000 bomber raids. 38 aircraft Lost (4.6%). PFF met with clear conditions and marked the target accurately, leading to a good raid. Much devastation was wreaked across large parts of the city. In particular the Hoesch steelworks were put out of action. 624 were killed. This was the last sizeable raid on Dortmund for exactly one year. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed ENE of Dortmund, Germany |