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PRICE, David

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number LW513
Markings C8-W
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Brynmawr Cemetery
Grave Reference Sec. 13. Row 35. Grave 19..
Epitaph AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM (From the poem by Robert Laurence Binyon, "For the Fallen")
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 228
Enlistment information
Service Number 1317522
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 4
Squadron 640
Trade Air Bomber
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 30-01-1944
End Date 31-01-1944
Takeoff Station Leconfield
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Berlin. 534 aircraft without diversionary raids. 33 aircraft Lost (6.2%). Initial German attempts to intercept with night-fighters failed and the bomber stream was well on the way to Berlin before they met with any resistance. Complete cloud-cover over Berlin but concentrated damage in the centre nonetheless with additional widely scattered bombs. At least 1000 deaths on the ground, 2 industrial premises completely destroyed and a further 15 seriously damaged. The Propaganda Ministry was hit, as was the railway infrastructure
Reason for Loss Crashed and exploded just south of base