Denis Edward Whitaker
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Son of Sydney and Madeline Norah Whitaker; husband of Margaret Whitaker, of West Acton, Middlesex.
AMSTERDAM NEW EASTERN CEMETERY Plot 69. Row C. Coll. grave 1.
Duisburg
A mixed force of 379 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Stirlings attacked Duisburg 8th/9th April 1943. Poor weather made accurate target marking difficult. The raid was not particularly successful with only 50 houses destroyed.
Lancaster I ED 554 took off 2026 9 April 1943 from Langar. Shot down at 22.42 near Wormerveer north of Amsterdam, eight miles south of the Dutch coast by a night-fighter flown by Ofw Heinz Winke 1V./NJG1. No survivors. Fatalities: HA Healey (P), WL Whitehouse (FE), AR Lewis (N), R Bishop (W/Op), DE Whitaker (BA), REA Dampier (AG), CW Kleynhans (AG)
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