Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW596 |
Markings | WL-Z |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hamburg Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 4A. D. 1.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 240 |
Service Number | J/35038 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 434 (Bluenose) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Alexander I S (F/O) |
Black J (Sgt) |
Chapman E W (F/O) |
Gelinas J E (F/O) |
Larsen G M (P/O) |
McEachern L N (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 | Crashed into the sea |