Black, Gordon Samuel Gay (Warrant Officer 2)

Prisoner of War 1942-April-27

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Service

RCAF

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107 (FB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nous Y Serons We shall be there

Base

RAF Great Massingham

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

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Service Numbers

R/65156
PoW: 222

Aircraft shot down in the target area. The crew of three baled out successfully and were made POW.

Murdered: Pilot Officer John Francis Williams RAF Navigator POW Stalag Luft L3 Sagan & Belaria. Williams was one of the escapers in 'The Great Escape'. He was captured near Sagan and was murdered by persons unknown some time after 1944-04-04 along with five other captured officers F/Lt A D M Gunn Pilot Officer W J Grishman Lt C A M McGarr F/Lt H J Milford Flying Officer D O Street. All were cremated and their ashes returned to Stalag Luft L3.

POWs includes Black: Sergeant Kenneth Nicholas Carpenter RAF pilot POW Stalag 357 Fallingbostel.