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MARTYN JR
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MARTYN, John

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number W7873
Markings TL-M
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Liesse Communal Cemetery
Grave Reference Mil. Plot. Row A. Coll. grave 3-6..
Epitaph PRO PATRIA" HANEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 205
Enlistment information
Service Number R/133280
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 8
Squadron 35 (Madras Presidency)
Trade Air Bomber
Country of origin if different Canada
Last Operation information
Start Date 16-04-1943
End Date 17-04-1943
Takeoff Station Graveley
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Pilsen- Skoda armaments factory. 327 aircraft, 36 loses (11.0%). The main force was told to locate the Skoda factory visually and only to use PFF marking as a general guide. A large asylum building some 7 miles away was mistaken for the target. The Skoda factory was not hit at all.
Reason for Loss Hit by flak at 16000' on outbound leg, damaging both outer engines. Abandoned in the Laon area of France