Green, George Charles
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | George Charles |
Surname | Green |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 26-06-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of George Albert and Minnie Green, of Greenhithe, Kent. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | HF544 |
Markings | HD- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 151. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 172 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1255176 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 466 (Australian) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Normandy Barracks, Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Metal Sculpture Brick Pillars and Inscribed Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Leconfield, including 640 Sqn |
Location | Memorial Gardens, North End Park, Driffield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the men and women of 462 and 466 Sqns RAAF who served in Bomber Command during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1925/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1925/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 25-06-1943 |
End Date | 26-06-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (38% moon) |
Operation | Gelsenkirchen. 473 aircraft, 30 losses (6.3%). The first raid in around two years on this Ruhr town. Cloud cover and unserviceable Oboe equipment in 5 of the 12 Mosquitoes meant that the target was not well marked. As a result the local report puts the number of buildings destroyed at just 24. 16 deaths on the ground. Some nearby towns were hit in error, particularly Solingen with more people being killed there than in Gelsenkirchen itself. A good illustration of the dependency on PFF marking for raid success. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed in the Ijsselmeer near Urk, Holland |