Cantwell, Gerard Joseph Michael (Sergeant)

Took off Middleton St George at 00:49 in Halifax Mk II W-1237 EY-P, homeward-bound from an operation to Duisburg, Germany, the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed into the North Sea 10 km west of Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland.

Killed includes Cantwell: Flight Sergeant Arthur George Johnston RCAF R/59551 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 104. Sergeant William John Cole RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 80. Flying Officer Count Jacques Marie Joseph A. D'Ursel RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 66. Sergeant James George Arthur Hoare RAF KIA Hook Of Holland General Cemetery Row F. Grave 19. Flight Sergeant William Ernest Samuel Luck RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 75. Sergeant George William Scott RAF KIA Hook Of Holland General Cemetery Row F. Grave 18.