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WADE, Horton

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Short Stirling III
Serial Number BF565
Markings HA-H
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Belgium
Burial/Memorial Place Hotton War Cemetery
Grave Reference VII. C. 12..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 258
Enlistment information
Service Number 42313
Service Royal New Zealand Air Force
Group 3
Squadron 218 (Gold Coast)
Trade Navigator
Country of origin if different New Zealand
Last Operation information
Start Date 29-05-1943
End Date 30-05-1943
Takeoff Station Downham Market
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 Eupen, Belgium