Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ645 |
Markings | PT-N |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Becklingen War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 19. B. 11.. |
Epitaph | GEROEM ZAGINUV U BOYU ZA CANADU I ZA SIMEISTVU SVOYU. TSARSTVO YOMU NEBESNE (Russian - He died heroically in the battle for Canada and for his family. The Kingdom of Heaven is his). |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 220 |
Service Number | J/90310 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 420 (Snowy Owl) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Cracknell A W (Sgt) |
Hubbard V J (F/O) |
Unger J (P/O) |
Zavitz J (F/L) |
Start Date | 28-07-1944 |
End Date | 29-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
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 | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Estorf, NNE of Bremervörde, Germany |