Gooch, Frederick John
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Frederick John |
Surname | Gooch |
Gender | M |
Age | 24 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 23-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Warner and Sarah Jane Gooch, of Sible Hedingham, Essex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | NG116 |
Markings | PH-O |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 21. H. 9-15. |
Epitaph | SWEETEST MEMORIES, LOVING AND TRUE, WILL ALWAYS REMAIN, DEAR SON, OF YOU |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 40 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 653945 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield Memorial Walk, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of Sgt Frederick J Gooch 653945 Rear Gunner killed in action 23rd September 1944 aged 24 |
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/168/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/168/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 23-09-1944 |
End Date | 24-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Wickenby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (35% moon) |
Operation | Neuss |
Reason for Loss | Shot down during an attack on Nuess, which lays just across the Rhine from Dusseldorf |