• Kracker Archive
• Allied Losses
• Archiwum Polish
• Paradie Canadian
• RCAF
• RAAF
• RNZAF
• USA
• Searchable Lists
Operation: Castrop-Rauxel
Date: 6/7th August 1944 (Sunday/Monday)
Unit: No. 139 Squadron
Type: Mosquito XX
Serial: KB118
Code: XD-?
Base: RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire
Location: Dinslaken, Germany
Pilot: F/O. Bobbie Elliott Hooke 133562 RAFVR PoW - details unknown.
Nav: F/O. John Stevenson 172088 RAFVR Age 24. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Taking off at 22:05 hrs from RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire to bomb the synthetic oil production works at Castrop-Rauxel, near Dortmund. 40 Mosquitoes taking part on this operation.
KB202 Flown by 30 year old, Fl/Lt. John Henry Kenny DFC bar 67700 RAFVR of Eastbourne, Sussex, England - killed with his navigator, 22 year old F/O. Martin Henry Ove Levin DFC 147010 RAFVR of Cromer, Norfolk, England. Details also on this website.
Burial details:
Originally buried at Nordfriedhof, Düsseldorf.
Researched by Aircrew Remembered, researcher and specialist genealogist Linda Ibrom for relatives of this crew.
KTY/LI Page updated - map
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember
them. - Laurence
Binyon
All site material (except as noted elsewhere) is owned or managed
by Aircrew Remembered and should not be used without prior
permission.
© Aircrew Remembered 2012 - 2025
Last Modified: 02 July 2015, 23:28