Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W7769 |
Markings | LQ-K |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Barmby-on-the-Moor Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Row D. Grave 1.. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM (Poem - For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon) |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 254 |
Service Number | R/70102 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Albright R B (P/O) |
Apperson M W (Sgt) |
Colloton W (Sgt) |
Hexter R W (F/S) |
Owens T R (F/S) |
Strong G F (P/O) |
Western A J (Sgt) |
Start Date | 23-07-1942 |
End Date | 24-07-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Duisburg. 215 aircraft. Again, the marker flares were not accurately deployed. Some housing damage although bombing was very scattered. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed on Pocklington village on return to base due to an engine cutting out. Hit a school and burst into flames |