Granshaw, Gerald Bamford (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-June-21

Male Head

Birth Date: 1924

Born:

Parents: Lottie Granshaw

Spouse:

Home: Guildford, Surrey, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

7 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Diem Per Noctem By day and by night

Base

RAF Oakington

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

1314324

Home
Google MapGuildford, Surrey, England
Target
Google MapEmden Germany
Memorial Location
Google MapRunnymede Memorial Surrey
Panel 84

Took off from Oakington at 23:25 in Stirling Mk I (Sqn code MG-C Bomber Command) on an operation to Emden Germany.

Aircraft went down in the sea off Kastricum, Holland, after being shot down by a night fighter.

Killed includes Granshaw: Pilot Officer James Robert Heslop RCAF J/7039 KIA Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row B. Grave 7. Flight Sergeant Robert Nelson Parham RCAF R/78112 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 106. Pilot Officer Byron Adair Trapp RCAF J/7202 KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 101. F/Lt Alwin Woodgate Bevan RAF KIA Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row B. Grave 4. Sergeant Andrew Cadden RAF KIA Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row B. Grave 10. Pilot Officer Eric Douglas Calvert RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 66. Sergeant Jack Herbert Williams RAF KIA Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery Grave 29. B. 11.

Crew or Other Personnel

Stirling W7472

Flight Lieutenant Alwin Woodgate Bevan RAFVR

Flight Lieutenant Bevan, Alwin Woodgate (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-June-21
Canadian War Cemetery, Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery, Ruytershoveweg, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

Sergeant Andrew Cadden RAFVR

Sergeant Cadden, Andrew (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-June-21
Canadian War Cemetery, Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery, Ruytershoveweg, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

Pilot Officer Eric Douglas Calvert RAF

Pilot Officer Calvert, Eric Douglas (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-June-21
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Sergeant Gerald Bamford Granshaw RAFVR

Sergeant Granshaw, Gerald Bamford (RAFVR)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-June-21
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Pilot Officer James Robert Heslop RCAF

Pilot Officer Heslop, James Robert (RCAF)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-June-21
Canadian War Cemetery, Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery, Ruytershoveweg, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands

Flight Sergeant Robert Nelson Parham RCAF

Flight Sergeant Parham, Robert Nelson (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-June-21
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Pilot Officer Byron Adair Trapp RCAF

Pilot Officer Trapp, Byron Adair (RCAF)
Observer
Killed in Action
1942-June-21
Runnymede Memorial Surrey, UK

Sergeant Jack Herbert Williams RAF

Sergeant Williams, Jack Herbert (RAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1942-June-21
Canadian War Cemetery, Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery, Ruytershoveweg, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands