Milligan, Geoffrey Eaton
Personal Information
Rank | WO2 |
Forename(s) | Geoffrey Eaton |
Surname | Milligan |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 10-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Milligan and Edith Mary Thates Milligan (née Hewitt), of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | BF351 |
Markings | HA-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 12. F. 5. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 212 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/76763 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Miscellaneous Information
Geoffrey was born at Edmonton, Alberta on 10 January 1922. His father was born in Ontario and worked as a farmer, and his mother was born in Ireland. The schools he attended were Bon Accord 1929-1937 and again in 1937-1940. The sports he took part in were hockey and baseball. Geoffrey then enlisted on 22 November 1940. |
After training he was posted to the U.K. and embarked from Canada on 18 September 1941, arriving at 3 PRC on 28 September. He was then at 20 OTU on 20 October 1941 and 57 Squadron 20 May 1942. He then sadly went missing on 10 September 1942. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1350/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1350/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 10-09-1942 |
End Date | 11-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Downham Market |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Dusseldorf. 479 aircraft, 33 losses (7.1%). PFF used pink pansies to accurately mark the target. 39 businesses in Dusseldorf and a further 13 in neighbouring Neuss were put out of action. Almost 1000 houses destroyed and 19427 people bombed out. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at St. Philipsland, Holland |