6 Bomber Group March 24/25, 1944
23 Lancasters from 408 and 426 Squadrons were joined by 90 Halifaxes from 420, 424, 425, 427, 429, 432, and 433 Squadrons on an attack at Berlin. The crews were over the target at between 19,000 and 24,000 feet, releasing 48,000 lbs of high explosives and 409,000 lbs of incendiaries. According to reports, there was severely high winds and the attack was scattered. This was another terrible night as 72 crews failed to return due to being blown off course and over heavy flak defenses. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
425 Alouette Squadron (Je Te Plumerai) RAF Tholthorpe. Halifax BIII aircraft LW 428 KW-C was hit by flak and exploded over the mouth of the Elbe River during a mission to Berlin, Germany. The entire crew was lost
Pilot Officer MH MacLeod (RCAF), Pilot Officer MC Latornell (RCAF) and Pilot Officer JE Bouchard (RCAF) were all killed in action
These aircrew members bodies were recovered and were buried in Germany
Pilot Officer NH Jones (RCAF), Pilot Officer JA Laviolette (RCAF), Pilot Officer JC Tracey (RCAF), and Sergeant GWC Mabbott (RAFVR) were missing presumed killed in action
The missing have no known grave and are all commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
There was a second 425 squadron Halifax lost on this operation. Please see aircraft serial LW 425 KW-V for additional information
Google books "Through Footless Halls of Air: The Stories of a Few of the Many Who Failed...by Floyd Williston page 109-110
wireless air gunner I RCAF 425 Alouettes
Halifax BIII LW428 [Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
Bomber Command Museum Monthly ORB