Booker, Dennis
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Dennis |
Surname | Booker |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 14-02-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Herbert and Agnes Isabella Booker, of Wybunbury. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | DT696 |
Markings | NP-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Wybunbury (St. Chad) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Centre Plot. Row 3. Grave 15. |
Epitaph | INTO THE MOSAIC OF VICTORY WE LAY THIS PRICELESS PIECE OUR SON. MOTHER AND DAD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 133 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 610543 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 158 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary's Church, Arlingham, Gloucestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | Part of the church roof was restored in memory of Sqn Ldr D Jones DFC, killed in action 30th March 1944 |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 158 Sqn, RAF Lissett 28th February 1943 - 17th August 1946 |
Location | St. James of Compostola Church, Lissett, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | A stained glass window in memory of 158 Sqn RAF |
Miscellaneous Information
A plaque to this crew was erected in Sillingflet church on 14th February 2008 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1048/27 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1048/26 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-02-1943 |
End Date | 15-02-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Rufforth |
Day/Night Raid | Night (77% moon) |
Operation | Cologne. 243 aircraft, 9 lost (3.7%). PFF used H2S to mark the target with sky-markers. Limited success. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Stllingfleet, NW of Riccall, Yorkshire. Bomb load was jettisoned just before impact at Appleton Roebuck |