Kilsby, Gordon Frederick
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Gordon Frederick |
Surname | Kilsby |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 23-06-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Leonard Stanley Kilsby and Florence Margaret Kilsby, of Streatham, London. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ED699 |
Markings | WS-L |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 30. F. 4. |
Epitaph | IN LOVING MEMORY OF DEAR GORDON. ALWAYS IN THE THOUGHTS OF HIS MUM, DAD AND FAMIL |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 59 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1270585 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 9 (IX) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, Propeller and Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the killed or missing of IX Sqd. 1939 - 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
Sgt. Kilsby's body was later washed up at Rheinhausen on 28 Jun 1943 and was initially buried at Friemersheim New Cemetery and re-interred on 10 October 1947 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/127/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/127/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-06-1943 |
End Date | 23-06-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Bardney |
Day/Night Raid | Night (70% moon) |
Operation | Mulheim |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak from 7./Schw.Flak.Abt.401, 1./Schw.Flak,Abt.305, 4./Schw.Flak.Abt.383, 4./Schw.Flak.Abt.475, 2./Schw.Flak.Abt.444 and 2./Schw.Flak.Abt.447 and crashed at 02:04hrs at Gellep, near Krefeld |