Woodcock, Gerald Harvey (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1943-July-30
Birth Date: 1918-October-18
Born: Bethany, Western Manitoba Census Division, Manitoba, Canada
Parents: Son of John and Edith Pearl (nee Pinde) Woodcock, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Brother of Kenneth John Woodcock who lost his life on March 30, 1945 while serving with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Spouse:
Home: Minnedosa, Manitoba
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
78 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nemo Non Paratus Nobody unprepared
Base
RAF Breighton
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Air Gunner (Rear)
Service Numbers
R/140867
Home
Minnedosa, Manitoba
Target
Hamburg Germany
Temporary Burial
Bad Oldsloe Cemetery, Friedhof, Germany
Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied
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Halifax JB798
Mission
Halifax B/GR.Mk.II JB798
Bombing Hamburg Germany 1943-July-29 to 1943-July-30
78 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Breighton
78 Squadron (Nemo Non Paratus) RAF Breighton. Halifax II aircraft JB 798 EY-P is believed to have been hit by flak while on an operation against targets in Hamburg, Germany. The Halifax crashed south-west of Lubeck at Bad Oldsloe, Germany, the 14th aircraft shot down on this, the 3rd raid on targets in Hamburg
FS WMT Hetherington (RCAF), Flying Officer RC Baillie (RCAF), FS GH Woodcock (RCAF), Sergeants T Campbell (RAF), WE Goodacre (RAFVR), JR Nicholls (RAFVR) and FS PA Fraser (RAAF) were all killed in action on their 6th operation
The Battle of Hamburg, Allied Bomber Forces Against a German City by Martin Middlebrook, Appendix 4, page 340
29/30.07.1943 No.78 Squadron Halifax II JB798 EY-P Flight Sergeant Peter...
Halifax JB798 B/GR.Mk.II - Bombing Hamburg Germany - 1943-07-29 to 1943-07-30
Squadron: 78 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1943-07-29
Completion Date: 1943-07-30
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Hamburg Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Breighton
Take Off Time: 22:11
Squadron Code: EY-P
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: south-west of Lubeck at Bad Oldsloe
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: unspecified
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Bomber Group July 29/30, 1943
59 Halifaxes from 408, 419, 427, and 428 Squadrons were joined by 23 Wellingtons from 429 and 432 Squadrons on an attack at Hamburg. The crews were over the target at between 16,000 and 22,000 feet, releasing 138,000 lbs of high explosives and 256,000 lbs of incendiaries. According to reports, bombing was accurate with severe damage to the city. Richard Koval (6bombergroup.ca)
78 Squadron (Nemo Non Paratus) RAF Breighton. Halifax II aircraft JB 798 EY-P is believed to have been hit by flak while on an operation against targets in Hamburg, Germany. The Halifax crashed south-west of Lubeck at Bad Oldsloe, Germany, the 14th aircraft shot down on this, the 3rd raid on targets in Hamburg
FS WMT Hetherington (RCAF), Flying Officer RC Baillie (RCAF), FS GH Woodcock (RCAF), Sergeants T Campbell (RAF), WE Goodacre (RAFVR), JR Nicholls (RAFVR) and FS PA Fraser (RAAF) were all killed in action on their 6th operation
The Battle of Hamburg, Allied Bomber Forces Against a German City by Martin Middlebrook, Appendix 4, page 340 29/30.07.1943 No.78 Squadron Halifax II JB798 EY-P Flight Sergeant Peter...