Gourd, Albert Ernest Edwin
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Albert Ernest Edwin |
Surname | Gourd |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of A.V. Gourd and Beatrice Gourd, of Bristol. Husband of Nancy C. B. Gourd, of Patchway, Gloucestershire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | EB216 |
Markings | NA-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 9. E. 12-15. |
Epitaph | SWEET IS THE MEMORY, SILENTLY KEPT, OF THE SON WE LOVED. MUM, DAD AND FAMILY |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 171 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 813163 |
Service | Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force) |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 428 (Ghost) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
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
This was the crew's 18th operation |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1849/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1849/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-08-1943 |
End Date | 28-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (7% moon) |
Operation | Nuremberg. 674 aircraft, 33 losses (4.9%). H2S marking was used and, given the difficulties experiences with Oboe equipment in recent raids, the crews were ordered to drop a 1000lb bomb on Heilbronn using the equipment to check its functionality. Nuremberg was clear and PFF marking was accurate but significant creepback set in and PFF were unable to correct it because, once again, they had difficulties with their H2S sets. Many of the bombs fell in open countryside SSW of the city. 65 people were killed on the ground. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter |