Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BJ828 |
Markings | AA- |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 77.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 122 |
Service Number | 658255 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 75 (NZ) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Guppy F R (Sgt) |
Judd D H (Sgt) |
Lees E (Sgt) |
Young P A (Sgt) |
Start Date | 10-09-1942 |
End Date | 11-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Mildenhall |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Dusseldorf. 479 aircraft, 33 losses (7.1%). PFF used pink pansies to accurately mark the target. 39 businesses in Dusseldorf and a further 13 in neighbouring Neuss were put out of action. Almost 1000 houses destroyed and 19427 people bombed out. |
Reason for Loss | Lost without trace |