Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | W4896 |
Markings | GT-W |
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 8. D. 16.. |
Epitaph | GOD TOOK HIM HOME, IT WAS HIS WILL, BUT IN OUR HEARTS, HE LIVETH STILL |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 260 |
Service Number | R/86739 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 156 |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Affleck W R (P/O) |
Dorsett J W A (F/S) |
Neale J (Sgt) |
Strong R D (WO2) |
Swift C R (Sgt) |
White M E (P/O) |
Start Date | 08-03-1943 |
End Date | 09-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Warboys |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Nuremburg. 335 aircraft, 8 losses (2.4%) using H2S and visual marking as Nuremburg was out of the range of Oboe. Ground haze prevented accurate marking and as a result the bombing was spread over a wide area, much of it outside the city limits. Much damage of MAN and Siemens factories together with railway installations. |
Reason for Loss | Thought to have crashed near Furth, NW of Nuremburg |