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RABKIN, Hyman

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax III
Serial Number NA583
Markings 6U-F
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Rheinberg War Cemetery
Grave Reference 8. L. 19..
Epitaph SON OF THE LATE MR. AND MRS. MAX RABKIN, PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, CANADA
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 229
Enlistment information
Service Number J/38241
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 415 (Swordfish)
Trade Air Bomber
Country of origin if different Canada
Last Operation information
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