Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LK833 |
Markings | SE-R |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Kiel War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 5. A. 1-6.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 229 |
Service Number | 931998 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 431 (Iroquois) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Aldred W M (P/O) |
Eadinger J M (P/O) |
Karrel C (P/O) |
Miller D J (P/O) |
Murray K J (P/O) |
Start Date | 28-07-1944 |
End Date | 29-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Croft |
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 Hohenaspe, NNW of Itzehoe, Germany |