DAMBUSTERS Weeden, Gordon Herbert

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Weeden ​

• FORENAME

Gordon Herbert ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.C.A.F. ​

• RANK

Flying Officer ​

• NUMBER

J/17287 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

10th December 1943 ​

• AGE

23 ​

• GRAVESITE

Meharicourt Communal Cemetery,France Brit.Plot Grave 8 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 3.5.1920 Woodford,Ontario,Canada​

son of Herbert T. and Ida B. Weeden,Paisley,Ontario,Canada​

educated Paisley,Ontario​

employed Canadian Bank of Commerce,Tamworth 24.1.1938 (later Thornhill,Ont.)​

enlisted RCAF 28.5.1941​

training Toronto and London,Ontario​

overseas June 1942​

Sgt pilot June 1942​

Pilot Officer May 1943​

207 Squadron​

617 Squadron 28.9.1943​

Flying Officer January 1944​

pilot​

Lancaster ED825​

SOE Op.,France​

hit by flak and crashed Northern France​

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