Jeffrey, George Wilbert (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1941-August-08

Sergeant George Wilbert Jeffrey RCAF

Birth Date: 1917

Born:

Parents: Son of James Thompson Jeffrey and Mary Maliue Jeffrey; husband of Margery Alice Jeffrey, of Ottawa, Ontario.

Spouse: Husband of Margery Alice Jeffrey, of Ottawa, Ontario.

Home: Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

15 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Aim Sure

Base

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Observer

Service Numbers

R/53751

Home
Google MapOttawa, Ontario
Final Burial
Google MapUden War Cemetery
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Stirling aircraft N 3658 missing from bombing operations. Sergeants J.T. Corbett (RAF), K.L. Rowley (RAF), Flying Officer F.J. Needham (RAF), FS R.A. Ross (RAF), and Squadron Leader J. Vivian (RAF) were also killed. One of the crew, not Canadian, missing believed killed.

The aircraft failed to return having been attacked by a Bf 110 night fighter (Lt. Kurt Loos from 2./NJG 1 - 3rd combat victory) 10 km SSW of Herwijnen and shot down, crashing at 'De Morsheuvel' farm, occupied by the Welles family, 14 km SW of Nijmegen at 02:33 hours. (Three members of the family died in the fire, Jan & Marie Welles and their little son Jan.)source: Buzz Hope Bomber Command Museum of Canada

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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