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MACDONALD, Colin

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster II
Serial Number DS774
Markings EQ-F
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Netherlands
Burial/Memorial Place Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery
Grave Reference Plot LL. Row 1. Grave 61..
Epitaph AT REST
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 202
Enlistment information
Service Number R/116520
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 408 (Goose)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different Canada
Last Operation information
Start Date 03-11-1943
End Date 04-11-1943
Takeoff Station Linton-on-Ouse
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Düsseldorf. 589 aircraft, 7 losses (3.1%). The local report is sparse, no doubt due to the sheer onslaught they had received in recent weeks. There was, however, extensive damage to both industrial and residential buildings. This was the first raid to include the G-H blind bombing system, who whilst acting as part of the main force attempted to bomb the Mannesmann tubular steel works in the city. Of the 38 aircraft so quipped, 5 returned early and two were Lost On 16 of the remaining aircraft the equipment failed to function correctly, leaving only 15 to bomb the factory. The local report does mention that 'several assembly halls were burnt out' so the experiment was a qualified success.
Reason for Loss Presumed Lost off the Dutch coast