Gaba, William (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1945-03-05

Birth Date: 1924

Born:

Son of Stefan and Ahafia Gaba, of Toronto, Ontario.

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

420 (B) Sqn- Squadron
Pugnamus Finitum We fight to the finish

Base

RAF Tholthorpe

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J/94503
Prev: R/163591

Final Burial
Google MapStonefall Cemetery
Section H Row H Grave 13

420 Snowy Owl Squadron (Pugnamus Finitum) RAF Tholthorpe. Halifax BIII aircraft NA 190 PT-U was on the outward leg of an operation to Chemnitz, Germany when it crashed near Hazelwood Castle, three miles south of Lissett, England, due to severe airframe icing. The bomb load exploded on impact with the ground, creating a huge crater in the bedrock. There was only one survivor from this aircrew

Pilot Officer W Gaba (RCAF) was killed in action

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