Byrne, Phillip Denis
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Phillip Denis |
Surname | Byrne |
Gender | M |
Age | 28 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 26-07-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Patrick and Frances Byrne. Husband of Elsie Mary Byrne, of Pembroke. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | W7576 |
Markings | LS-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen |
Grave Reference | 8. G. 5. |
Epitaph | REQUIESCAT IN PACE (Latin - REST IN PEACE) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 139 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 534732 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 15 (XV) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/38 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/203/37 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 25-07-1942 |
End Date | 26-07-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (95% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg. 215 aircraft. Again, the marker flares were not accurately deployed. Some housing damage although bombing was very scattered. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Horst near Venlo |