| Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
| Serial Number | HR717 |
| Markings | NP-E |
| Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
| Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
| Grave Reference | 4. C. 11.. |
| Epitaph | OURS NOT TO REASON WHY DARLING" A WONDERFUL HUSBAND AND SON. TESS, MUM, DAD (An adaption of The Charge of the Light Brigade, By Alfred Tenysson) |
| Phase | 2 |
| Panel Number | 201 |
| Service Number | 125696 |
| Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| Group | 4 |
| Squadron | 158 |
| Trade | Navigator |
| Country of origin if different | Newfoundland |
| Cooper J (WO2) |
| Dykes F (Sgt) |
| Ellis W M (F/S) |
| Simpson H (Sgt) |
| Woodroffe D R (F/O) |
| Young H D (Sgt) |
| 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 |