| Lancaster HK536 JO-H | 463 Sqn | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date : | 05 juillet 1944 | Mission : | Bombardement du site de V1 de Saint Leu d’Esserent (60) | |||||||||||||||||
| Décollage : | Waddington à 23:21 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Causes de la perte : | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lieu de la perte : | Ellecourt (76) | |||||||||||||||||||
 | Sgt | Arthur Charles | BROWN | AB | RAFVR | 1399195 | KIA | |||||||||||||
 | Fg Off | Alfred Kyrwood | CARTER | Pil | RAAF | 421887 | KIA | |||||||||||||
| FS | George Edward | DOWLING | AG | RAAF | 429881 | KIA | |||||||||||||
| FS | Thomas Francis | MAHER | WOP AG | RAAF | 421812 | KIA | |||||||||||||
| FS | Robert Henry | NORMAN | Nav | RAFVR | 1394301 | KIA | |||||||||||||
| Sgt | Bernard John | WATTS | FE | RAFVR | 1653038 | KIA | |||||||||||||
| FS | Geoffrey Roy | WHIMPEY | AG | RAAF | 434299 | KIA |  | ||||||||||||
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| Bristish Empire Medal (Military Division) Aus./434299 Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Ray Whimpey Royal Australian Air Force. One night in May 1944, Flight Sergeant Whimpey was the rear gunner of a Stirling aircraft which crashed and caught fire after stalling at an altitude of 300 feet. Five of the crew were killed but this airman was in his turret which was torn from the aircraft and flung some distance away from it. Flight Sergeant Whimpey was thrown out of the turret and althougt he was uninjured, he suffered badly from shock. Despite this experience he was one of the first to enter the blazing wreckage and rendered most valuable service in extricating other members of the crew. Throughout the rescue work there was considerable danger from exploding ammunition and the fuel tanks blew up with an explosion which shook buildings 2 miles distant. Flight Sergeant Whimpey continued to render assistance courageously until the medical officer ordered him to go to the ambulance. THIRD SUPPLEMENT to THE LONDON GAZETTE of FRIDAY, the 18th of AUGUST, 1944. | ||||||||||||||||||||