Foers, Geoffrey Charles (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1942-October-02

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Birth Date: 1916

Born:

Parents: Son of Bertie George Foers, and of Bertha Elizabeth Foers, of Ditton Hill, Surbiton, Surrey

Spouse:

Home: Ditton Hill, Surbiton, Surrey, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

78 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nemo Non Paratus Nobody unprepared

Base

Linton-on-Ouse

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

104517

Home
Google MapDitton Hill, Surbiton, Surrey, England
Target
Google MapKrefeld Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapMunchen-Gladbach Town Cemetery, near crash site

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapSoldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK
Collective Grave 2 B 15-18

78 Squadron (Nemo Non Paratus) RAF Linton-on-Ouse. Halifax BII aircraft W 1275 EY- failed to return from an operation over Krefeld, Germany, believed intercepted and shot down by a night fighter, crashing north of Herongen, Straelen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Flight Lieutenant GC Foers (RAFVR) was killed in action

Commonwealth War Grave Commission International Bomber Command Centre

Crew or Other Personnel

Halifax W1275

Flight Sergeant Frederick Christie RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Christie, Frederick (RAFVR)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1942-October-02
Soldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK, Am Englischen Friedhof, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

Sergeant Harold Moffatt Clark RAFVR

Sergeant Clark, Harold Moffatt (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-October-02
Soldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK, Am Englischen Friedhof, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Charles Foers RAFVR

Flight Lieutenant Foers, Geoffrey Charles (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-October-02
Soldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK, Am Englischen Friedhof, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

Flying Officer Geoffrey Mansell Hobbs RAF

Flying Officer Hobbs, Geoffrey Mansell (RAF)

Prisoner of War
1942-October-02
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Thomas Lloyd Kidd RCAF

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Kidd, Thomas Lloyd (RCAF)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Prisoner of War
1942-October-02
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Leonard Millband RAFAAF

Sergeant Millband, Leonard (RAFAAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1942-October-02
Soldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK, Am Englischen Friedhof, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

Flight Sergeant Thomas Aitken Stephenson RCAF

Flight Sergeant Stephenson, Thomas Aitken (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-October-02
Soldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK, Am Englischen Friedhof, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany