DAMBUSTERS Gumbley, Bernard Alexander

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Gumbley ​

• FORENAME

Bernard Alexander ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.N.Z.A.F. ​

• RANK

Flight Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

414614 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

21st March 1945 ​

• AGE

29 ​

• GRAVESITE

Runnymede Memorial,Surrey,England Panel 284 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of Louis and Margaret Gumbley,Hastings,Hawke's Bay,New Zealand​

49 Squadron​

Sergeant (same service number)​

award DFM (18.5.1943)​

617 Squadron​

Flight Lt​

1392 hours flying time​

51st operation​

pilot​

Lancaster PD117​

Bremen,Germany (Arbergen railway bridge)​

hit by flak and crashed Okel,Germany ​

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