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MCDOUGALL, Thom

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster II
Serial Number LL723
Markings EQ-H
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Grave Reference 12. F. 15..
Epitaph THERE IS A LINK DEATH CANNOT SEVER, LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE LAST FOR EVER
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 208
Enlistment information
Service Number J/8812
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 408 (Goose)
Trade Navigator
Country of origin if different Canada
Last Operation information
Start Date 22-05-1944
End Date 23-05-1944
Takeoff Station Linton-on-Ouse
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Dortmund. 375 aircraft, 18 Lancasters Lost (4.8%). Most of the bombing fell in the SE districts and mostly in residential areas. 852 houses and 6 buildings were destroyed. 361 were killed, including 22 PoW.
Reason for Loss Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Westrup, ESE of Haltern, Germany