McKenna, Gordon Charles
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Gordon Charles |
Surname | McKenna |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Date of Death | 03-02-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles Herbert and Alice Veronica McKenna, of Clovelly, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | ME366 |
Markings | GT-H |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 20. G. 7. |
Epitaph | LOVED SON OF MR. AND MRS. C.H. McKENNA OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. R.I.P. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 209 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 432540 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 156 |
Squadron Motto | We light the way |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | On Grass Verge, Ramsey Rd, Upwood, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | From RAF Upwood, crews from 139 and 156 Sqns, No 8 Pathfinder Group marked targets for Bomber Command |
Location | St. Mary Magdalene Church, Warboys, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window & Inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | We light the way" This tablet is placed in memory of Flight Lieutenant JL Sloper DFC and Bar, RAFVR. And in tribute to all who served with 156 Squadron Path Finders Force at RAF Warboys, 1942-1945, In gratitude. |
Location | Tithe Farm, Warboys, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Pillars and inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | From this RAF Station Warboys 156 squadrons No 8 (PFF) group, marked targets for Bomber Command 1942-1944 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1043/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1043/3 |
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 | 03-02-1945 |
End Date | 04-02-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Upwood |
Day/Night Raid | Night (63% moon) |
Operation | Bottrop- to mark the Prosper benzol facility. 210 aircraft, 8 lost. A very accurate raid and only 2 deaths on the ground, suggesting very good air-raid facilities in the locale. |