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<span class=prefix>Flight Sergeant</span> Gordon Leroy Ellsworth

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Flight Sergeant Gordon Leroy Ellsworth Veteran

Birth
Port Colborne, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
10 Sep 1942 (aged 22)
Zeeland, Netherlands
Burial
Ostend, Arrondissement Oostende, West Flanders, Belgium Add to Map
Plot
Plot 9. Row 4. Grave 39.
Memorial ID
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Military Service
Service Number: R/66341
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 158 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Flight Sergeant / Wireless Operator - Air Gunner.

Gordon was the bomb aimer of the British Halifax bomber W7745 that on a raid to Düsseldorf, Ruhr area, W-Germany was likely hit there by Flak and crashed into the North Sea, 20 km SW of Vlissingen, SW-Netherlands, killing all 8 crew (information researched and provided by Peter Hakze, Member 47703868).

He is also remembered on a family marker at Morgan's Point Cemetery in Wainfleet, Ontario.
Military Service
Service Number: R/66341
Age: 22
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 158 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Flight Sergeant / Wireless Operator - Air Gunner.

Gordon was the bomb aimer of the British Halifax bomber W7745 that on a raid to Düsseldorf, Ruhr area, W-Germany was likely hit there by Flak and crashed into the North Sea, 20 km SW of Vlissingen, SW-Netherlands, killing all 8 crew (information researched and provided by Peter Hakze, Member 47703868).

He is also remembered on a family marker at Morgan's Point Cemetery in Wainfleet, Ontario.

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