Lancaster ND347 Mk.III - Bombing Haine-Saint-Pierre Belgium - 1944-05-09 to 1944-05-09
Squadron: 405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1944-05-09
Completion Date: 1944-05-09
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Haine-Saint-Pierre Belgium
Target Specific:
Base: Gransden Lodge
Take Off Time: 02:14:00
Squadron Code: LQ-W
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Belgium
Crash Specifics: Bon Secours, Hainaut
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason:
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable

405 Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus) Pathfinder Force, RAF Gransden Lodge. Lancaster III aircraft ND 347 LQ-W was shot down, most likely by a night fighter during an operation against targets in Haine-St-Pierre, Belgium. The Lancaster crashed at Bon Secours, Hainaut, Belgium with the loss of one crew member

Pilot Officer D J Copeland (RCAF), rear air-gunner, was killed in action

Flight Lieutenant A E Darlow (RAFVR), Sergeant E T Utton (RAFVR) and Flight Sergeant A W Burrell (RAFVR) survived and were taken as Prisoners of War

Warrant officer Class 2 G A Lorimer (RCAF), Flying Officer L A Nethery (RCAF) and Sergeant P W Richards (RAFVR) survived and avoided capture as Evaders

General Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

General May 1944 - Bomber Command History

General "Belgians Remember Them": The Airmen fallen in action in WW2 in...

General Bomber Command Museum Monthly ORB

General Bomber Command Museum Daily ORB

General RAF Commands