Box, Denis Grant
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Denis Grant |
Surname | Box |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-05-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Allan Francis Box and of Flora Lylie Box (Nee Culley), of Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley V |
Serial Number | Z9307 |
Markings | -H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerp |
Grave Reference | II. H. 41. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 134 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 404884 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | |
Squadron | 1502 Flt |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-05-1942 |
End Date | 31-05-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Driffield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Cologne. 1047 sortie raid- the first of the 1000 Bomber Raids. 1455 tons of bombs dropped, one third being incendiaries. Local reports state that there were 1700 large fires but no firestorm unlike Rostock and Lubeck since Cologne was a modern city with building |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter on return leg in the SW suburbs of Antwerp, the port engine having detached fro the wing |