Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | PN179 |
Markings | H7-M |
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Cimetière communal, Celles-sur-Plaine, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France |
Grave Reference | Military Plot, Grave 14. |
Epitaph | MORT POUR LA FRANCE |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 245 |
Service Number | 02562 |
Service | Free French Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 346 (Guyenne) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of origin if different | France |
Acquaviva J A (Adj) |
Breard R (Cdt) |
Chiericci P (Sgc) |
Fauvet J M (Slt) |
Lemaire J (Sgc) |
Zavaterro L (Sgt) |
Start Date | 21-02-1945 |
End Date | 22-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Elvington |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Worms. 349 aircraft, 11 losses. The only large raid on this town of the war. 1116 tons of high explosives were dropped and the town was said to be 39% destroyed. 64% of the buildings were destroyed including the cathedral and many municipal and cultural buildings. 239 people were killed and 35000 bombed out (from a population of just 58000) |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Klein Bockenheim, WSW of Worms |