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PAYLING, Edwin

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number HR662
Markings EQ-H
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country France
Burial/Memorial Place Guidel Communal Cemetery
Grave Reference Row 3. Grave 6..
Epitaph ALWAYS REMEMBERED
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 224
Enlistment information
Service Number 126015
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 6
Squadron 408 (Goose)
Trade Navigator
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 29-01-1943
End Date 30-01-1943
Takeoff Station Leeming
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Lorient. 116 aircraft, 4 losses. The target area was covered by thick cloud and the crews also suffered from severe icing. There was no PFF target marking, which meant the bombing was scattered and ineffective.
Reason for Loss Crashed at Cléguer on the Brest penninsula, 10km north of Lorient, France.