Henry, Frank
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Frank |
Surname | Henry |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frank Cochrane Henry and Muriel Ola Henry (née Hyland), of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax VII |
Serial Number | NP743 |
Markings | EQ-K |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 4. C. 19. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 180 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/95274 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 408 (Goose) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Linton on Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial and inscribed slate tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 408 (Goose) and 426 (Thunderbird) Squadrons of R.C.A.F |
Miscellaneous Information
A scratch crew with widely varying experience- from no sorties up to 27 |
Frank was born on 19 November 1924 at Sudbury, Ontario. His father was born at Sudbury and worked as a Shipping Clerk and his mother was born at Pierce Corners, Ontario. He had a sister Ruth. The schools he attended were Brampton Central, 1930-1938 followed by Malvern Collegiate 1939-1943 Toronto. His sport interests were rugby, basketball and hockey. As he was still a student he had no occupation, and enlisted on 11 February 1943. |
After completing his training, Frank embarked from Halifax on 29 April 1944 for the U.K. He arrived at 3PRC on 8 April 1944 and then continued to 82 OTU on 6 June 1944, 86 OTU 21 June 1944, 61 Base 14 August 1944 and 408 Squadron on 4 October 1944 . Frank sadly lost his life on 29 January 1945. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-01-1945 |
End Date | 29-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Linton-on-Ouse |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Stuttgart. 602 aircraft, 11 losses (1.8%). A two-part raid with 3 hours between each. The first wave of 226 aircraft attacked railways yards at Kornwestheim. The second wave attacked Zuffenhausen which contained the Hirth engine factory. Sky-markers were used due to complete cloud cover and bombing was somewhat scattered. The Bosch factory was hit as a result of the Kornwestheim attack and it is said that the local people felt they had been bombed by mistake. Interestingly, dummy sky-makers were used in the defence of the city- small ground launched rockets. This was the last of 53 major raids on the city, which had endured a 63% destruction of its building stock and the loss of 4562 lives which was much lower than might have been the case had the air-raid defences been built into the sides of the hills. |
Reason for Loss |