Aircraft | Lancaster III |
Serial Number | EE177 |
Markings | GT- |
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Amiens (St. Pierre) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 1. Row D. Coll. grave 11-13. |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 205 |
Service Number | 1802311 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 156 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
ATKINSON DJ (Sgt) |
EMANS AE (P/O) |
HOLLIDGE HK (Sgt) |
NESDEN J (F/O) |
WARREN HE (Sgt) |
WEBB CF (Sgt) |
Start Date | 27-Aug-1943 |
End Date | 28-Aug-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Warboys |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Nuremberg. 674 aircraft, 33 losses (4.9%). H2S marking was used and, given the difficulties experiences with Oboe equipment in recent raids, the crews were ordered to drop a 1000lb bomb on Heilbronn using the equipment to check its functionality. Nuremberg was clear and PFF marking was accurate but significant creepback set in and PFF were unable to correct it because, once again, they had difficulties with their H2S sets. Many of the bombs fell in open countryside SSW of the city. 65 people were killed on the ground. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Raincheval, France |