Utz, Eric Arthur Gibson
Personal Information
Rank | S/L |
Forename(s) | Eric Arthur Gibson |
Surname | Utz |
Gender | M |
Age | 30 |
Decorations | DFC* |
Date of Death | 30-03-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur Augustus Utz and Florence Isabel Utz, of Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster lll |
Serial Number | ND361 |
Markings | AR-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hanover War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 6. H. 5. |
Epitaph | HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 109 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 403438 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 460 (Australian) |
Squadron Motto | Strike and return |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Clubhouse, Breighton Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who served at Breighton during WW2, including 460 Sqn RAAF |
Location | Junction of Kirmond Rd (B1203) & Orford Rd, Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 460 Sqn RAAF which operated from Breighton and Binbrook 1941-1945 |
Location | Church of St. Mary & St. Gabriel, Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 460 Sqn RAAF which served at Binbrook between 1941 and 1945 |
Location | Former ATC Signals Square, Brookenby Industrial Estate, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | Memorials to the aircrew and groundcrew of 460 Sqn RAAF who served at Brookenby, 1942-1943 |
Location | Church of St. Michael & All Angels, Brookenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | Memorials to the aircrew and groundcrew of 460 Sqn RAAF who served at Brookenby, 1942-1943 |
Miscellaneous Information
Completed a tour of operations flying Wellingtons with 12 Squadron and was posted to 30 OTU as an Instructor 15 September 1942. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1909/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1909/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-03-1944 |
End Date | 31-03-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Binbrook |
Day/Night Raid | Night (45% moon) |
Operation | Nürnberg |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft took off from Binbrook at 2153 hrs detailed to attack targets in Nurnberg. Shot down by a night fighter and crashed between Fulda and Gersfeld. Possibly shot down by night fighter Obit Richard Delacowitz of 7/NJG4 at 0152 hrs |