Deeley, Geoffrey Raymond
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Geoffrey Raymond |
Surname | Deeley |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Arthur and Mary Deeley, of Uplands. Smethwick. Staffordshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW675 |
Markings | LK-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Thieux Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 4. |
Epitaph | LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY MOM, DAD AND FAMILY. "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 154 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1579913 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 578 |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to A19, Burn, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | For all who served in 578 Squadron Royal Air Force Burn 1944 - 1945 |
Location | Methodist Church, Burn, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text |
Location | Selby Abbey, Selby, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH in Glass topped wooden cabinet |
Memorial Text | In memory of all 578 Sqn Aircrew who failed to return from Ops at RAF Burn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2052/13 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2050/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-06-1944 |
End Date | 13-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Burn |
Day/Night Raid | Night (58% moon) |
Operation | Amiens to bomb railway installations. Part of a 671 aircraft force to further hamper lines of communications leading to the Normandy area. Cambrai and Caen attacks were scattered but Amiens, Arras and Poitiers were accurate. 23 aircraft were Lost (3.4%) including that of Charles Mynarski VC, the subject of the Canadian Lancaster 'Vera'. |
Reason for Loss | Thought to have been downed by a night-fighter on the return leg. Crashed NE of Thieux, France |