Appleyard, Geoffrey (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-July-26

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Birth Date: 1921

Born: Leeds, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

Parents: Son of Ernest and Emily Appleyard, of Leeds, Yorkshire

Spouse:

Home: Leeds, Yorkshire

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

106 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Pro Libertate For freedom

Base

RAF Coningsby

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

1058273

Home

Leeds, Yorkshire

Target

Duisburg Germany

Final Burial

Coningsby Cemetery
Row 65 Grave 1289

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Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster R5683

Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Appleyard RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Appleyard, Geoffrey (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-July-26
Coningsby Cemetery, Lincolnshire, UK

Sergeant Robert Lovie Beaddie RAF

Sergeant Beaddie, Robert Lovie (RAF)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1942-July-26
Coningsby Cemetery, Lincolnshire, UK

Flight Sergeant Montague Darvill RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Darvill, Montague (RAFVR)
Observer
Killed in Action
1942-July-26
Coningsby Cemetery, Lincolnshire, UK

Sergeant James Douglas Davie RAFVR

Sergeant Davie, James Douglas (RAFVR)
Rear Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-July-26
Felixstowe New Cemetery, Suffolk, UK

Sergeant James William Grimwade RAAF

Sergeant Grimwade, James William (RAAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-July-26
Coningsby Cemetery, Lincolnshire, UK

Pilot Officer Ray Branton Smith RCAF

Pilot Officer Smith, Ray Branton (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1942-July-26
Coningsby Cemetery, Lincolnshire, UK

Sergeant Leonard Walter Young RAF

Sergeant Young, Leonard Walter (RAF)
Mid Upper Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-July-26
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, UK

Mission

Lancaster Mk.I R5683

Bombing Duisburg Germany 1942-July-26 to 1942-July-26

106 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Coningsby

106 Squadron (Pro Libertate) RAF Coningsby. Lancaster I aircraft R 5683 ZN-? had just taken off outbound for Duisburg, Germany when it exploded in mid-air and crashed on the mud flats near Butterwick, 4 miles ENE of Boston, Lincolnshire, England

Pilot Officer RB Smith (RCAF), FS G Appleyard DFM (RAFVR), FS M Darvill DFM (RAFVR), Sergeant RL Beaddie (RAF), Sergeant LW Young (RAF), Sergeant JD Davie (RAFVR), and Sergeant JW Grimwade (RAAF) were all killed in action

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