Lawry, Gordon Williams
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Gordon Williams |
Surname | Lawry |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Date of Death | 03-04-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Walter Fisk Lawry and Sara Williams Lawry, of Timmins, Ontario, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | DT617 |
Markings | VR-G |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Olst (Duur) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 8. |
Epitaph | SELF-SACRIFICE IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF GRACE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 197 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/12970 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Squadron Motto | Moosa aswayita |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/30 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/29 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-04-1943 |
End Date | 04-04-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (1% moon) |
Operation | Essen. 348 aircraft, 21 losses (6.0%). The weather was uncertain so PFF had a plan to mark either using sky or ground markers. In the event the conditions were clear but both kinds of marking were used, causing confusion amongst the main force. Nevertheless, bombing was accurate, making this the most successful attack on Essen so far. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Duur, near Deventer, Holland |