Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | HE501 |
Markings | HD-J |
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Seraincourt Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 4-6.. |
Epitaph | HE IS NOT DEAD WHO RESTS IN WAR'S VAST SEPULCHRE |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 270 |
Service Number | R/90189 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 466 (Australian) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Errington G (Sgt) |
Jones H E (Sgt) |
Tozer C F (P/O) |
White R K (Sgt) |
Start Date | 16-04-1943 |
End Date | 17-04-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Mannheim. 271 aircraft, 18 losses (6.6%). Accurate PFF marking followed by a successful raid. Production stopped at 41 industrial premises. 130 deaths and almost 7000 bombed out. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Seraincourt, NW of Rethel, France |