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MCEACHERN, Lachlan

Personal Information
Rank P/O
Forename(s) Lachlan Neil
Surname McEachern
Gender M
Age 34
Decorations
Date of death 29-07-1944
Next of kin Son of Lachlan McEachern and Margaret Ann McEachern (née Wilson), of Collingwood, Ontario, Canada. Husband of Mary Grimshaw McEachern (née Barclay), whom he married on 26 October 1934 at Collingwood. Father of David Barclay McEachern, Kathleen LaVerne McEachern, and Jessie Sylvia Jean McEachern.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number LW596
Markings WL-Z
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Kiel War Cemetery
Grave Reference 4. C. 20..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 208
Enlistment information
Service Number C/88589
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 434 (Bluenose)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different Canada
Fellow Servicemen
Alexander I S (F/O)
Black J (Sgt)
Chapman E W (F/O)
Gelinas J E (F/O)
Larsen G M (P/O)
Sherrill J F L (F/O)
Last Operation information
Start Date 28-07-1944
End Date 29-07-1944
Takeoff Station Croft
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Hamburg. 307 aircraft. German night-fighters appeared on the return leg leading to 22 losses (7.2%). This was the first raid on Hamburg for a year and was not well concentrated. The Germans were unable to determine the aiming point from the bombing results. Most of the bombs fell on areas devastated during 1943.
Reason for Loss Crashed into the sea