Read, Robert George Dunlop (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1942-June-03
Birth Date: 1920
Born:
Parents: Son of Charles Edward and Elizabeth Georgina Read, of Birch Cliff, Ontario, Canada.
Spouse:
Home: Birch Cliff, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
460 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAAF)
Strike And Return
Base
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Wireless Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/69516
Birch Cliff, Ontario
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Wellington IV Z1249
Bombing 1942-June-03 to 1942-June-03
460 () () RAF Breighton
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Wellington aircraft Z 1249 went missing while on night operations, presumed over the target. It was established post-war that the aircraft was shot down at 01:40 Deulken near the town of Muenchengladbach about 20 miles west of Dusseldorf. The aircraft exploded and wreckage was scattered over a wide area. All the crew were killed instantly. German documents revealed that they removed the remains of the crew for burial, but a post-war search for their graves was unsuccessful. The names of the crew are recorded on the Runnymede Memorial to the Missing, in Surrey, UK, as having no known grave. Casualties included RCAF Flt. Sgt. R.D.G. Read (air gunner); RAAF Flt. Sgt's. H.R. Brodie (observer) and S. Levitus (pilot); RAAF Sgt. J.A. Gaiter (wireless operator / air gunner); and RAF Sgt. T.G.P. Townsend (air gunner).Wellington Z1249 IV - Bombing - 1942-06-03 to 1942-06-03
Squadron: 460
Start Date: 1942-06-03
Completion Date: 1942-06-03
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City:
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Breighton
Take Off Time: 23:30
Squadron Code: UV K
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Deulken, Germany
Crash Specifics: near the town of Muenchengladbach about 20 miles west of Dusseldorf
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason:
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Wellington aircraft Z 1249 went missing while on night operations, presumed over the target. It was established post-war that the aircraft was shot down at 01:40 Deulken near the town of Muenchengladbach about 20 miles west of Dusseldorf. The aircraft exploded and wreckage was scattered over a wide area. All the crew were killed instantly. German documents revealed that they removed the remains of the crew for burial, but a post-war search for their graves was unsuccessful. The names of the crew are recorded on the Runnymede Memorial to the Missing, in Surrey, UK, as having no known grave. Casualties included RCAF Flt. Sgt. R.D.G. Read (air gunner); RAAF Flt. Sgt's. H.R. Brodie (observer) and S. Levitus (pilot); RAAF Sgt. J.A. Gaiter (wireless operator / air gunner); and RAF Sgt. T.G.P. Townsend (air gunner).
6 Group Unavailable
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Wellington aircraft Z 1249 went missing while on night operations, presumed over the target. It was established post-war that the aircraft was shot down at 01:40 Deulken near the town of Muenchengladbach about 20 miles west of Dusseldorf. The aircraft exploded and wreckage was scattered over a wide area. All the crew were killed instantly. German documents revealed that they removed the remains of the crew for burial, but a post-war search for their graves was unsuccessful. The names of the crew are recorded on the Runnymede Memorial to the Missing, in Surrey, UK, as having no known grave. Casualties included RCAF Flt. Sgt. R.D.G. Read (air gunner); RAAF Flt. Sgt's. H.R. Brodie (observer) and S. Levitus (pilot); RAAF Sgt. J.A. Gaiter (wireless operator / air gunner); and RAF Sgt. T.G.P. Townsend (air gunner).
