Gillespie, Hugh Gordon
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Hugh Gordon |
Surname | Gillespie |
Gender | M |
Age | 31 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 14-11-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Murray Gillespie and Ida Jane Gillespie, of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | unknown |
Markings | LQ-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | St. Columb Major Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 1319. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 169 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/95484 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 405 (Vancouver) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Gillespie Lake, Manitoba; 5km SE of Pointe du Bois |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Adjacent to Village Windmill, Mill Rd, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Remembering 405 (Vancouver) Sqn. PFF at Gransden Lodge 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Bartholomew's Church, Great Gransden, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window, RoH and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the 801 airmen of 405 Sqn. RCAF who gave their lives 1941 - 1945 |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Marble Pillar and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of 102 (Ceylon) and 405 (Vancouver) Sqns. Pocklington Airfield |
Miscellaneous Information
On loan to Coastal Command at the time |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/36 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1787/35 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 06-11-1942 |
End Date | 06-11-1942 |
Takeoff Station | |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | |
Reason for Loss | The mid-upper gunner accidentally fired his gun through the fuselage of the aircraft, injuring F/S Gillespie. He died of his injuries in Truro Royal Infirmary, Cornwall |