Town, Gerald Albert Raymond
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Gerald Albert Raymond |
Surname | Town |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 21-04-1943 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | BF506 |
Markings | AA-P |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Denmark |
Burial/Memorial Place | Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | A. 11. 15. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 255 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1217965 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 75 (NZ) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Centre, Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A stone memorial, donated by former members of 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF stationed at Mepal between 1943 and 1945 |
Location | St. Andrews Church, Sutton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in Wooden Case with brass plaque |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour. Plaque, Presented by 75(NZ) Sqn Association - UK Branch in memory of Comrades named in the Roll of Honour |
Location | St. Marys Church, Feltwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Piller and Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 75 (NZ) Sqn, RAF. Formed at RAF Feltwell in April 1940 and flew from there until June 1942. The Sqn number was presented to New Zealand becoming 75 Sqn RNZAF in October 1946 until its disbanding in December 2001. |
Location | Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | Remembering No 75 (New Zealand) Sqn, No 3 Gp Bomber Command. RAF Newmarket Heath, November 1942 - June 1943 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/646/32 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/646/31 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 20-04-1943 |
End Date | 21-04-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Newmarket |
Day/Night Raid | Night (99% moon) |
Operation | Rostock. 86 Stirlings to attack the Henkel factory. A deliberate smoke screen hid the factory and the bombing was scattered as a result. 8 losses (9.3%). |
Reason for Loss | Last heard on w/t indicating that the starboard inner engine was on fire. Nothing further heard. Crashed north of Vejle, Denmark |