{"id":606,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=606"},"modified":"2020-11-19T13:05:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T13:05:33","slug":"nykerk-henry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/nykerk-henry\/","title":{"rendered":"Nykerk, Henry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Henry Nykerk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Wireless Operator\/Air Gunner, 142 Squadron<br>Service number 910572<br>Died 28 June 1941<br>Buried Hamburg Cemetery, Germany<br>Age 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Headstone Inscription<br>&#8216;FOR EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Henry was born 16 May 1915 in Holborn, London to Joel and Rebecca n\u00e9e Oesterman. Henry had two younger sisters Julia and Hannah. Julia&#8217;s first husband Eric Hockman died on 15 February 1941 serving in the Pioneer Corps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1939, Henry was working as a bespoke tailors cutter and was in the Civil Air Guard based at Luton Airport. His mother Rebecca was an inpatient at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson hospital where she died a few months later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry married Marianna Lobatto in Hendon in 1941 a few months before he was killed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry was the wireless operator on Wellington W5386 which departed RAF Binbrook on an operation to Bremen. The aircraft was thought to have been shot down by night fighters. All the crew were killed and are buried in Hamburg Cemetery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pilot Officer Robert Arthur Lomax<br>Sergeant Horace Edward Meadows<br>Pilot Officer Alistair Fulton Struthers<br>Sergeant Patrick Brian Neil Cleburne<br>Sergeant Henry Nykerk<br>Sergeant Percy Thomas Relf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"337\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nykerk.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nykerk.jpg 337w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nykerk-250x475.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nykerk-120x228.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Henry Nykerk Wireless Operator\/Air Gunner, 142 SquadronService number 910572Died 28 June 1941Buried Hamburg Cemetery, GermanyAge 26 Headstone Inscription&#8216;FOR EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS&#8217; Henry was born 16 May 1915 in Holborn, London to Joel and Rebecca n\u00e9e Oesterman. 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