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Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) George Alfred Avory

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Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) George Alfred Avory

Birth
Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Death
3 Jul 1941 (aged 21)
Itteren, Maastricht Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Burial
Nijmegen, Nijmegen Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands
Plot
20. G. 3.
Memorial ID
13804837 View Source

George Alfred Avory, Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Alfred Avory. George was served with the RAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Whitley Z6558 78 Squadron crashed at Itteren, Maastricht, Limburg Holland....
The crew were briefed to attack Koln. The ATD of the aircraft from RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham was 2324

After carrying out its bomb run Z6558/EY-H was coned by searchlights, intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. The aircraft crashed at Itteren (Limburg) 5km N of Maastricht, Holland at 0103

Pilot Sgt A. Jepson +
2nd Pilot P/O G.M. Kennedy +
Observer Sgt G.A. Avory +
Wireless Operator Sgt J.F. Hollingworth +

The crew are all buried in the Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

George Alfred Avory, Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Alfred Avory. George was served with the RAF in WWII and lost his life when his plane, Whitley Z6558 78 Squadron crashed at Itteren, Maastricht, Limburg Holland....
The crew were briefed to attack Koln. The ATD of the aircraft from RAF Middleton St. George, County Durham was 2324

After carrying out its bomb run Z6558/EY-H was coned by searchlights, intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. The aircraft crashed at Itteren (Limburg) 5km N of Maastricht, Holland at 0103

Pilot Sgt A. Jepson +
2nd Pilot P/O G.M. Kennedy +
Observer Sgt G.A. Avory +
Wireless Operator Sgt J.F. Hollingworth +

The crew are all buried in the Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, the Netherlands


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BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES OF GEORGE EVER REMEMBERED. GRANNY AND LILY

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