Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ND897 |
Markings | MG-C |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 210.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 269 |
Service Number | 147687 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 7 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Airs W (F/O) |
Clark S E C (F/L) |
Davis K H (F/O) |
Dovey C W (F/S) |
Powell R J (F/S) |
Start Date | 29-06-1944 |
End Date | 29-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Oakington |
Day/Night raid | Day |
Operation | Siracourt- to attack a flying bomb site. 305 aircraft to attack two V-bomb targets. Partial cloud cover over both targets hampered bombing to some extent, with some bombs being dropped accurately and some being somewhat scattered. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak on the approach to the aiming point while at 10000' and partially abandoned. Crashed at St Pol-sur-Ternoise in the Pas-de-Calais, France |