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DYKES, Fred

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number HR717
Markings NP-E
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Belgium
Burial/Memorial Place Heverlee War Cemetery
Grave Reference Coll. grave 4. C. 12-17..
Epitaph GOD WILL LINK OUR BROKEN CHAIN CLOSER WHEN WE MEET AGAIN
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 158
Enlistment information
Service Number 987897
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 4
Squadron 158
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 29-05-1943
End Date 30-05-1943
Takeoff Station Lissett
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Wuppertal. 719 aircraft, 33 losses(4.6%). PFF target marking and the resultant main force bombing was especially accurate, leading to what was probably the first instance of a 'firestorm'. Five of the six largest factories in the town, 211 other industrial premises and almost 4000 homes were completely destroyed. Approximately 3400 deaths- five times greater than any other city raid.
Reason for Loss Believed to have been shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near Kerkhoven, Belgium