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LOWINGS, Jack

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number JD149
Markings DY-H
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Netherlands
Burial/Memorial Place Wieringen (Hippolytushoef) General Cemetery
Grave Reference Plot C. Row 13. Coll. grave 378-380..
Epitaph REST IN PEACE
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 201
Enlistment information
Service Number 1322699
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 4
Squadron 102 (Ceylon)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 27-05-1943
End Date 28-05-1943
Takeoff Station Pocklington
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Essen. 518 aircraft, 23 losses (4.4%). PFF used sky marking due to cloud cover. Limited damage to central and northern districts of Essen.
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter after calling for help on w/t and crashed into the Waddenzee