Gorse, Wilfred Francis (Sergeant)

Prisoner of War 1943-October-18

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Service

RAF

Unit

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

Base

RAF Oakington

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

1322953
PoW: 259873

Target
Google MapHannover Germany
Aircraft hit by flak and crashed at Moorlage, Germany. Sgt Gorse baled out safely and was taken as POW.

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster JA917

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Navigator
Prisoner of War
1943-October-18
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Alexander McDonald Dick RAF

Sergeant Dick, Alexander McDonald (RAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-October-18
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Wilfred Francis Gorse RAF

Sergeant Gorse, Wilfred Francis (RAF)
Bomb Aimer
Prisoner of War
1943-October-18
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Brian Sidney Sheldon RAF

Sergeant Sheldon, Brian Sidney (RAF)
Air Gunner
Prisoner of War
1943-October-18
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Berwyn Samuel Smith RAF

Sergeant Smith, Berwyn Samuel (RAF)
Flt. Engineer
Prisoner of War
1943-October-18
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Arthur John Williams RAF

Sergeant Williams, Arthur John (RAF)
W/Op-AG
Prisoner of War
1943-October-18
cemetery unknown