Cheetham, Gerald Harry (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1943-June-25

Flight Lieutenant Gerald Harry Cheetham RCAF

Birth Date: 1915

Born:

Parents: Harry Cheetham & Lillie May Cheetham (nee Le Roy)

Spouse: Frances Gertrude Cheetham (nee McCagg) of Ottawa.

Home: Ottawa, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

76 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Resolute

Base

RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/3491

Home
Google MapOttawa, Ontario (parents)
Target
Google MapWuppertal Germany
Final Burial
Google MapSoldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK
4 F 19

Took off from Holme-on-Spalding Moore at 23:15 in Halifax Mk V (Sqn code MP-D Bomber Command) on an operation to Wuppertal Germany.

Shot down by flak and crashed at Lövenich 9 km W of Cologne.

Killed: F/Lt Gerald Harry Cheetham RCAF J/3491 pilot KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 4. F. 19. Sergeant Eric Harper RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 152. Sergeant Gordon Ivor Simpkin RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 4. F. 20.

POWs: Pilot Officer James David Danks RAF POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan and Belaria. Sergeant Richard Henry Evans RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant Kenneth Roy Newton RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Sergeant James Martin Sweeney RAF POW Stalag 357 Kopernikus.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)