Coldwell, Gordon Willard (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1942-May-17

Pilot Officer Gordon Willard Coldwell RCAF

Birth Date: 1917-May-11

Born:

Parents: Charles V. H. & Florence S. Coldwell

Spouse:

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

149 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Fortis Nocte Strong by night

Base

RAF Lakenheath

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/6799

Home
Google MapVancouver, British Columbia (parents)
Final Burial
Google MapKalundborg General Cemetery
grave E 3 17 East

Took off from Lakenheath at 21:37 in Stirling Mk I (Sqn code OH-P) on a mining operation in The Sound (Daffodil region).

Aircraft was shot down by Marine Flak and crashed at 01:40 in the sea SW of the Asnaes Peninsula 10 km SE of Kalnborg Denmark.

Killed: includes Coldwell: Sergeant James Henry Baillie RAF KIA Kalundborg General Cemetery Denmark grave E. 3. 19 East. Sergeant William Collins RAF KIA Kalundborg General Cemetery grave E. C. 19 West. Sergeant John Currie RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 81. Pilot Officer Arthur John Frost RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 69. Pilot Officer Reginald Philip Gent RAF KIA Kirke Vaerlose Churchyard, Denmark. Sergeant Alfred Henry Smith RAF KIA Kalundborg General Cemetery grave E. 3. 18 East.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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