Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | NA583 |
Markings | 6U-F |
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 252.. |
Epitaph |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 218 |
Service Number | J/93997 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 415 (Swordfish) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of origin if different | Canada |
Griffin J D (P/O) |
Morton M R (P/O) |
Rabkin H (F/O) |
Regimbal W H (F/O) |
Rose R H M (F/O) |
Spence S O (Sgt) |
Zbura G J (F/O) |
Start Date | 02-11-1944 |
End Date | 03-11-1944 |
Takeoff Station | East Moor |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Dusseldorf. 992 aircraft, 19 losses- 4 of which crashed behind Allied lines (0.4%). Most of the bombing fell on the northern suburbs with more than 5000 houses being destroyed . 7 industrial premises were destroyed and 18 seriously damaged, including some important steel works. At least 678 people were killed. This was the last significant raid on Düsseldorf. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed in the Rocherather Wald near the German-Belgian border. All were originally buried at the crash site. The fact that some are now commemorated on the Runnymede memorial while others have been moved to concentration cemeteries suggests that the authorities were unable to locate their graves after the war |