Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JB834 |
Markings | DY-C |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 140.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Service Number | 1461188 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Barnes R H (Sgt) |
Hicks T A (Sgt) |
Lewis J E (F/O) |
Marsden J A (F/S) |
Perkins J A (F/O) |
Warwick P A G (Sgt) |
Start Date | 24-06-1943 |
End Date | 25-06-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Wuppertal. 630 aircraft, 34 losses (5.4%). An attack on the Elberfeld half of the town- the Barmen half having been devastated a month ago. PFF marking was accurate but creepback was more evident than normal. A post-war British survey suggest that 95% of the Elberfeld half was destroyed. Approximately 1800 deaths, 300 homes destroyed and 171 businesses knocked out. |
Reason for Loss | Lost over Germany |