Gay, Wilfred Charles
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Wilfred Charles |
Surname | Gay |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-07-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Jesse and Alice Gay. Husband of Opal L. Gay, of Middle Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster X |
Serial Number | KB756 |
Markings | NA-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | la Mailleraye sur Seine Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Row 1, Grave 3. |
Epitaph | LOVING MEMORIES AS WE JOURNEY ON OUR WAY, REMEMBERING, SMILES OF A YESTERDAY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 168 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/86492 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 428 (Ghost) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to fomer St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed slate tablets |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served on 428 (RCAF) Sqn at Middleton St. George during WWII, especially those who made the supreme sacrifice |
Miscellaneous Information
Of the surviving five crew, three evaded capture and two became a PoW |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1850/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1850/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-07-1944 |
End Date | 05-07-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (98% moon) |
Operation | Villeneuve St Georges- to attack railway yards. Part of a 282 strong bomber force to attack railway yards at Orléans and Villeneuve St Georges. Both were accurately hit but with the loss of 25 aircraft in all (8.9%). |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Mailleraye sue Seine, France |