Storey, Gladstone Myers
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Gladstone Myers |
Surname | Storey |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 21-02-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Gladstone Renner Storey and Louisa Myers Storey, of Newbiggin-By-Sea, Northumberland. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LV814 |
Markings | EY-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Choloy War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 1. B. 8. |
Epitaph | HE GAVE HIS ALL, THE ONE TRUE, PURE, IMMORTAL SACRIFICE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 248 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1348676 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 78 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to Clubhouse, Breighton Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served at this airfield and gave their lives during World War II |
Location | External, All Saints Church, Bubwith, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial, inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | 78 Sqn 4 Group Bomber Command Yorkshire 1939 - 1945 To All Who Served |
Location | Internal, All Saints Church, Bubwith, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Board, Memorial Chapel featuring Cross made from Halifax wreckage |
Memorial Text | The 78 Sqn Memorial in the Churchyard was dedicated by the Bishop of Selby on 7th September 1986. RAF Breighton, two miles from this church was the Sqn's home from June 1943 to May 1945 |
Location | Outside "B" Hangar, RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Slate Plaque |
Memorial Text | In proud memory of all who have lost their lives serving with 78 Sqn Royal Air Force "Nemo Non Paratus - Nobody Unprepared" |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/661/4 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/661/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-02-1944 |
End Date | 21-02-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Breighton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (14% moon) |
Operation | Stuttgart. 598 aircraft, 9 losses (1.5%), excluding losses on return to base, which numbered 5. The minimal losses were due to two successful diversionary raids- one being a North Sea sweep and the other to Munich. Stuttgart was cloud covered and bombing scattered but the local report states that much damage was caused to the centre of the city and in the NE and NW suburbs. The Bosch dynamo, pump and magneto factory was the most strategic hit. 125 killed on the ground and 510 injured. |
Reason for Loss | Crashed at Les Monthairons, south of Verdun, France where a memorial has been erected in honour of the airmen who lost their lives. |