Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | W7535 |
Markings | HA-C |
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Dreux Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 2. Coll. grave 14-17.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 217 |
Service Number | 979137 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Armstrong F (Sgt) |
Brown S (P/O) |
Davis J W (Sgt) |
Jones A W I (F/L) |
Kneeshaw J (Sgt) |
Slatford F H (Sgt) |
Young R J C (Sgt) |
Start Date | 29-05-1942 |
End Date | 30-05-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Marham |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Gennevilliers- Gnome & Rhone factory. Aerial photographs show little or no damage to the factory. Some damage to local houses and 34 French people reported killed |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Colombes in the outskirts of Paris |