Liney, Gerald Joseph
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Gerald Joseph |
Surname | Liney |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 28-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of John and Isabella Liney, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Husband of Ruth Agnes Liney of Toronto. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster X |
Serial Number | KB770 |
Markings | NA-D P for Panic |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Durnbach War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 1. K. 19-21. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 199 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/40040 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 428 (Ghost) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
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 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1850/26 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1850/25 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-01-1945 |
End Date | 29-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Stuttgart. 602 aircraft, 11 losses (1.8%). A two-part raid with 3 hours between each. The first wave of 226 aircraft attacked railways yards at Kornwestheim. The second wave attacked Zuffenhausen which contained the Hirth engine factory. Sky-markers were used due to complete cloud cover and bombing was somewhat scattered. The Bosch factory was hit as a result of the Kornwestheim attack and it is said that the local people felt they had been bombed by mistake. Interestingly, dummy sky-makers were used in the defence of the city- small ground launched rockets. This was the last of 53 major raids on the city, which had endured a 63% destruction of its building stock and the loss of 4562 lives which was much lower than might have been the case had the air-raid defences been built into the sides of the hills. |
Reason for Loss |