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WARWICK PAG
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WARWICK, Phillip

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number JB834
Markings DY-C
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Germany
Burial/Memorial Place Rheinberg War Cemetery
Grave Reference 4. F. 13..
Epitaph YOU MISSED GREATNESS AND ARE GREATLY MISSED
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 260
Enlistment information
Service Number 1293070
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 4
Squadron 102 (Ceylon)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 24-06-1943
End Date 25-06-1943
Takeoff Station Pocklington
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Wuppertal. 630 aircraft, 34 losses (5.4%). An attack on the Elberfeld half of the town- the Barmen half having been devastated a month ago. PFF marking was accurate but creepback was more evident than normal. A post-war British survey suggest that 95% of the Elberfeld half was destroyed. Approximately 1800 deaths, 300 homes destroyed and 171 businesses knocked out.
Reason for Loss Lost over Germany