DAMBUSTERS Radcliffe, William Gordon

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Radcliffe ​

• FORENAME

William Gordon ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F. ​

• RANK

Pilot Officer ​

• NUMBER

53561 ​

• AWARD

Distinguished Flying Cross ​

• PLACE

London Gazette 23.5.1944 (36 ops) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from New Gordon,Westminster,British Columbia,Canada​

RAF 1939​

service number 639976​

Finningley 13.4.1939 (groundcrew)​

1 Wing 24.6.1939​

56 Squadron 15.12.1939​

Digby May 1940​

North Weald 11.2.1941​

97 Squadron 4.9.1942​

617 Squadron 25.3.1943​

flight engineer​

Pilot Officer 24.9.1943​

Flying Officer 24.3.1944​

1654 CU 5.8.1944​

remustered RCAF​

drowned during car accident May 1952 Fraser River,British Columbia,Canada ​

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