Aircraft | Avro Lancaster BI |
Serial Number | TW647 |
Markings |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | SS Margaret & James's Churchyard, Long Marton, Westmorland |
Grave Reference | . |
Epitaph |
Phase | Post-War |
Panel Number | POST (not yet erected on site) |
Service Number | 2206054 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | |
Squadron | 115 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Humphreys P H (S/L) |
Gillespie W H (F/O) |
Scatchard H O (F/L) |
Edwards D A L (N II) |
Emery A C R (S II) |
Moore J (G II) |
Start Date | 11-11-1947 |
End Date | 11-11-1947 |
Takeoff Station | Witchford |
Day/Night raid | Day |
Operation | |
Reason for Loss | Flying in formation with a group of Lancasters on an exercise, suffered Mid Air Collision with a Hornet of 19 Sqn. Crashed at Buckenham Tofts, Stanford, Norfolk. Pilot survived |