DAMBUSTERS Deering, George Andrew

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Deering ​

• FORENAME

George Andrew ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.C.A.F. ​

• RANK

Flying Officer ​

• NUMBER

J/17245 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th September 1943 ​

• AGE

24 ​

• GRAVESITE

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany 16.D.12 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born Ireland​

son of Samuel and Martha (nee Ballagh) Deering,Toronto,Ontario,Canada​

shoemaker in civilian life​

RCAF 1940​

Sgt February 1941​

Flight Sgt​

617 Squadron 29.3.1943​

Pilot Officer 18.5.1943​

award DFC (28.5.1943) (Dams)​

w.op/air gunner​

Lancaster EE144​

Ladbergen (Dortmund-Ems Kanal)​

hit by flak and crashed Altendorf,Germany​

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