Gully, Ernest Gordon
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ernest Gordon |
Surname | Gully |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 23-09-1944 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LM212 |
Markings | VN-L |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Zelhem General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot E. Row 2. Grave 11. |
Epitaph | |
Ribbon Stone | 0433 (Block 6, Column 1, Row 2) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 43 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1627470 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | Flight engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | The crew of LM212 50 Sqn VN-L 23rd Sept 1944 |
Location | Birchwood Way, Birchwood Estate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial & Inscribed Marble Obolisk |
Memorial Text | To the memory of the Air Crews and Ground Staff who gave their lives whilst serving with No 50 Squadron and No 61 Squadron, 5 group, Bomber Command The Royal Air Force 2nd World War 1939 to 1945. No 50 Squadron "From defence to attack" Operated from Waddi |
Location | Memorial Gardens, Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Stone |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe. My brief sweet life is over, My eyes no longer see, No Christmas Trees, No summer walks, No pretty girls for me, I've got the chop - I've had it, My nightly ops are done, Yet in another 100 years I'll still be twenty one. R |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/488/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/488/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 23-09-1944 |
End Date | 24-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Skellingthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (35% moon) |
Operation | Ladbergen |
Reason for Loss | Tasked with attempting to breach the Dortmund-Ems canal, the Lancaster was shot down over Holland, crashing near Zelham |