Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND841 |
Markings | F2-D |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cambridge City Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 13707.. |
Epitaph | ON HIS SOUL SWEET JESUS, HAVE MERCY |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 217 |
Service Number | 427537 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 635 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | Australia |
Olyott W T (F/O) |
Pritchard H (F/S) |
Sadler R (F/S) |
Snowball T (Sgt) |
Wharton S (F/S) |
Young G A (F/O) |
Start Date | 03-06-1944 |
End Date | 04-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Downham Market |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Calais- to attack coastal defence batteries. A deception raid on Calais and Wimereux in the run-up to D-Day |
Reason for Loss | Crashed in its hangar and exploded |