Gerrie, Vernon Chester
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Vernon Chester |
Surname | Gerrie |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of J. Chester Gerrie and Arthurine Gerrie, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LV959 |
Markings | QB-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Boran-sur-Oise Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 37. |
Epitaph | SWEET ARE THE MEMORIES, SILENTLY KEPT, OF ONE WE LOVED AND WILL NEVER FORGET |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 169 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/90091 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 424 (Tiger) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Skipton on Swale, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, inscribed Metal Plaque & Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the Canadian personnel who served at RAF Skipton on Swale during WW2, including 424 Sqn RCAF |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1835/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1835/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-08-1944 |
End Date | 04-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Skipton on Swale |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Bois de Cassan- to attack a flying bomb storage site. Part of a 291 aircraft bomber force to attack both Bois de Cassan and Trossy St. Maxim sites by day and with good visibility. 4 aircraft lost. S/L I W Bazalgette of 635 Sqn was posthumously awarded a VC for his devotion to duty on this raid |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Boran sur Oise, WSW of Chantilly, France |