| Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
| Serial Number | L9613 |
| Markings | NF-V |
| Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
| Burial/Memorial Place | Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial |
| Grave Reference | Panel 21. Column 3.. |
| Epitaph |
| Phase | SP |
| Panel Number | 272 (not yet erected on site) |
| Service Number | 306148 |
| Service | Special Operations Executive |
| Group | |
| Squadron | 138 (Special Duties) |
| Trade | Agent |
| Country of origin if different | France |
| Deniset F A (Capt.) |
| Ledoux J P H (Capt.) |
| Byerly R B (Lt.) |
| Start Date | 08-02-1944 |
| End Date | 09-02-1944 |
| Takeoff Station | Tempsford |
| Day/Night raid | Night |
| Operation | Operation Phono 5/ Trainer 10 for France. P/O Thomas as captain. Tasked with establishing a new circuit in the Brittany region, the agents were given a list of targets to sabotage which included locomotive sheds, railways and roads. The reception committee were from the "Phono" circuit, although it was already feared that it may have been exposed. |
| Reason for Loss | Successfully dropped at a site near Sully sur Loire, the Gestapo were waiting. The operation and reception on the drop zone had been arranged by the Germans as part of their "Funkspiel", using the captured radio set and codes of Noor Inayat-Khan. All four were arrested as they landed and taken to Gestapo HQ in Paris for interrogation before being transferred to Rawitsch Prison, Poland, in June 1944. In the period 24 June to 4 September 1944, orders were receievd that he and his three comrades should be taken to Gross-Rosen concentration cample where they should be executed and their bodies cremated. None has any known grave. |