Fleming, Gordon James Walter
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Gordon James Walter |
Surname | Fleming |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-11-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Hart Fleming and Louisa May Fleming, of Hammersmith, London. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | Z8953 |
Markings | BU- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 43. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 164 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1380918 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Miscellaneous Information
His alma mater was the highly regarded Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith, London which lost an incredible 26 of their alumni to Bomber Command in WW2. |
Excerpt from "The Fallen Latymerians of The Second World War": Gordon James Walter Fleming, whose father, Mr W. H. Fleming was a Telephone Operator, was born on March 17th 1921. The family lived at 42 Wingate Rd Hammersmith and he entered Class 2C at Latymer from Brackenbury Rd Elementary School on a free place award from the London County Council for Music. When he left Form Upper VL at Latymer on July 27th 1937, having passed the General Schools Examintion that month, he entered the Royal College of Music. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1320/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1320/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11-1941 |
End Date | 01-12-1941 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (93% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | Crashed in the North Sea. |