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MASON, Richard

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number JB854
Markings EQ-D
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Louppy-le-Chateau Cemetery
Grave Reference Coll. grave 3-5..
Epitaph A LIFE NOBLY GIVEN; A DUTY BRAVELY DONE. SLEEP, BELOVED, TILL WE MEET AGAIN
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 205
Enlistment information
Service Number 1333188
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 6
Squadron 408 (Goose)
Trade WOp/AG
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 16-04-1943
End Date 17-04-1943
Takeoff Station Leeming
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 Crashed at Louppy le Chateau, France