Gannaway, Eric Francis
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Eric Francis |
Surname | Gannaway |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-05-1941 |
Next of Kin | Son of Cyril Francis and Miriam Elsie Gannaway, of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington Ic |
Serial Number | R1589 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Feltwell (St. Nicholas) Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Row A, Grave 5 |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 168 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 402110 |
Service | Royal New Zealand Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 75 (NZ) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | New Zealand |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A stone memorial, donated by former members of 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF stationed at Mepal between 1943 and 1945 |
Location | St. Andrews Church, Sutton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in Wooden Case with brass plaque |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour. Plaque, Presented by 75(NZ) Sqn Association - UK Branch in memory of Comrades named in the Roll of Honour |
Location | St. Marys Church, Feltwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Piller and Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 75 (NZ) Sqn, RAF. Formed at RAF Feltwell in April 1940 and flew from there until June 1942. The Sqn number was presented to New Zealand becoming 75 Sqn RNZAF in October 1946 until its disbanding in December 2001. |
Location | Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Remembering No 75 (New Zealand) Sqn, No 3 Gp Bomber Command. RAF Newmarket Heath, November 1942 - June 1943 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
Takeoff Station | Feltwell |
Day/Night Raid | |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | Hit by a cannon shell and despite his fellow crew members rendering first aid. The operation was aborted in an effort to get medical support as quickly as possible but he died shortly after landing back at Feltwell. |