Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JD149 |
Markings | DY-H |
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Wieringen (Hippolytushoef) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot C. Row 13. Coll. grave 378-380.. |
Epitaph | LEND, LEND YOUR WINGS! I MOUNT! I FLY! "O DEATH, WHERE IS THY STING? (From The Dying Christian to his Soul by Alexander Pope) |
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 244 |
Service Number | 1509397 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of origin if different | United Kingdom |
Entwhistle H (F/O) |
Fewtrell R N (F/O) |
Heslop T (Sgt) |
Jeffery J D (F/O) |
Lowings J L S (Sgt) |
Zareikin S (P/O) |
Start Date | 27-05-1943 |
End Date | 28-05-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night raid | Night |
Operation | Essen. 518 aircraft, 23 losses (4.4%). PFF used sky marking due to cloud cover. Limited damage to central and northern districts of Essen. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter after calling for help on w/t and crashed into the Waddenzee |