Den 17. august 1944 styrtede LAN PB239 i Nordsøen (måske omkring her). Hele besætningen omkom.
Flyets opgave var at kaste synlig markering og derefter bomber på målet Kiel.
Andre fly kunne derpå kaste bomber efter markeringen fra denne Stifinder. (Kilde: MACR - rapport om tabt fly)

C. H. Fisher og F. D. Billingsley blev begravet i Kiel i Tyskland. (Kilde: FAF)

Pilot Officer (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Forast Deloise Billingsley, 24 år, var søn af
Jame Lorin Billingsley og Edna Billingsley, Cardston, Alberta, Canada.
Han blev begravet på KIEL WAR CEMETERY 4. F. 12. i  TYSKLAND. (Kilde: CWGC)

2 flyvere fra LAN PB239 blev begravet i Kirkeby, 1 i Esbjerg og 2 i Kiel i Tyskland. 3 har ingen kendt grav. 8 flyvere.

On 17 August 1944 LAN PB239 crashed in the North Sea (maybe about here). All of the crew perished.
The mission of this aircraft was visual marking and bombing targeting Kiel. (Source: MACR)
The Pathfinders helped to make bombing more accurate.

C. H. Fisher and F. D. Billingsley were buried in Kiel in Germany. (Source: FAF)

Pilot Officer (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Forast Deloise Billingsley, 24, was the son of
Jame Lorin Billingsley and Edna Billingsley, of Cardston, Alberta, Canada.
He was buried in KIEL WAR CEMETERY 4. F. 12. in GERMANY. (Source: CWGC)

2 airmen from LAN PB239 were buried in Kirkeby, 1 in Esbjerg and 2 in Kiel in Germany. 3 have no known grave.
See Bomber Command No. 405 Squadron RCAF *  405 Squadron - The Canadians * No. 405 Squadron of Canadian Wings * Lancaster Photos
This Canadian Lancaster took off from RAF Gransden Lodge. Lost Bombers has this. 8 airmen.