Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | V9976 |
Markings | NF- |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 9. H. 20-24 (Coll.). |
Epitaph |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 229 |
Service Number | 78688 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 38 |
Squadron | 138 (Special Duties) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Farley W R (W/C) |
Karbowski B (F/S) |
Madracki C (Sgt) |
Voellnagel A H (F/L) |
Wilmanski L (F/S) |
Wojciechowski M (Sgt) |
Zygmuntowicz R (F/O) |
Loschl F (Agent) |
Mraz L (Agent) |
Start Date | 20-04-1942 |
End Date | 21-04-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Tempsford |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Special Operations Executive |
Reason for Loss | Crashed while flying in dense fog into a hillside at Kreuth in Bavaria during 'Operation Whiskey', a top secret operation involving both the SOE and the Soviet Secret Service The aircraft was carrying two Austrian agents who were killed and, possibly, a third who escaped |