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RUGLESS, George

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster I
Serial Number LL923
Markings LS-O
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Rheinberg War Cemetery
Grave Reference Joint grave 19. B. 16-17..
Epitaph PROUDLY AND SILENTLY WE WILL REMEMBER OUR ONLY CHILD
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 236
Enlistment information
Service Number 417519
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Group 3
Squadron 15 (XV)
Trade Wireless Operator
Country of origin if different Australia
Last Operation information
Start Date 05-01-1945
End Date 05-01-1945
Takeoff Station Mildenhall
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Ludwigshafen- to bomb the railway yards. 160 Lancasters, all from 3 Group, 2 losses (1.3%). The railway yards were hit but so was much of the outlying suburbs. 535 houses and 87 industrial buildings were destroyed or badly damaged. 267 people were killed.
Reason for Loss