BIRTH-1920 Sept Quarter birth "registration"-
Name: Gourd, Albert E E---Mother's Maiden Name: Westlake
District: Bristol [Vol & Page: 6a & 110]
428 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax Mk.V (#EB216) aircraft, with an aircrew of eight, took off at night from RAF Station Middleton-St. George for an air operation over Nuremberg, Germany. EB216 was attacked and shot down by a night fighter, resulting in its crashing near the village of Jungolzhausen, Germany, and taking the lives of five members of the crew. The three airmen who survived the crash were captured and interned in a German PoW camp.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Hugh Alexander GORDON,
RAF (Auxiliary Air Force) Sergeant Albert Ernest Edwin GOURD,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Jack Thomas HAMER,
RCAF Flying Officer John Alexander MacTavish McLEISH and
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Alexander Lillie MITCHELL.
Military Service-
Service Number: 813163
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Age: 23
Service: Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
Division: RCAF 428 ('Ghost') Squadron; RAF Station Middleton-St. George, County Durham
Son of A.V. Gourd and Beatrice (née Westlake) Gourd of Bristol; husband of Nancy C. B. Gourd of Patchway, Gloucestershire, England.
Name: Gourd, Albert E E---Mother's Maiden Name: Westlake
District: Bristol [Vol & Page: 6a & 110]
428 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax Mk.V (#EB216) aircraft, with an aircrew of eight, took off at night from RAF Station Middleton-St. George for an air operation over Nuremberg, Germany. EB216 was attacked and shot down by a night fighter, resulting in its crashing near the village of Jungolzhausen, Germany, and taking the lives of five members of the crew. The three airmen who survived the crash were captured and interned in a German PoW camp.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Hugh Alexander GORDON,
RAF (Auxiliary Air Force) Sergeant Albert Ernest Edwin GOURD,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Jack Thomas HAMER,
RCAF Flying Officer John Alexander MacTavish McLEISH and
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Alexander Lillie MITCHELL.
Military Service-
Service Number: 813163
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Age: 23
Service: Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
Division: RCAF 428 ('Ghost') Squadron; RAF Station Middleton-St. George, County Durham
Son of A.V. Gourd and Beatrice (née Westlake) Gourd of Bristol; husband of Nancy C. B. Gourd of Patchway, Gloucestershire, England.
BIRTH-1920 Sept Quarter birth "registration"-
Name: Gourd, Albert E E---Mother's Maiden Name: Westlake
District: Bristol [Vol & Page: 6a & 110]
428 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax Mk.V (#EB216) aircraft, with an aircrew of eight, took off at night from RAF Station Middleton-St. George for an air operation over Nuremberg, Germany. EB216 was attacked and shot down by a night fighter, resulting in its crashing near the village of Jungolzhausen, Germany, and taking the lives of five members of the crew. The three airmen who survived the crash were captured and interned in a German PoW camp.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Hugh Alexander GORDON,
RAF (Auxiliary Air Force) Sergeant Albert Ernest Edwin GOURD,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Jack Thomas HAMER,
RCAF Flying Officer John Alexander MacTavish McLEISH and
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Alexander Lillie MITCHELL.
Military Service-
Service Number: 813163
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Age: 23
Service: Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
Division: RCAF 428 ('Ghost') Squadron; RAF Station Middleton-St. George, County Durham
Son of A.V. Gourd and Beatrice (née Westlake) Gourd of Bristol; husband of Nancy C. B. Gourd of Patchway, Gloucestershire, England.
Name: Gourd, Albert E E---Mother's Maiden Name: Westlake
District: Bristol [Vol & Page: 6a & 110]
428 Squadron's Handley Page Halifax Mk.V (#EB216) aircraft, with an aircrew of eight, took off at night from RAF Station Middleton-St. George for an air operation over Nuremberg, Germany. EB216 was attacked and shot down by a night fighter, resulting in its crashing near the village of Jungolzhausen, Germany, and taking the lives of five members of the crew. The three airmen who survived the crash were captured and interned in a German PoW camp.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAFVR Sergeant Hugh Alexander GORDON,
RAF (Auxiliary Air Force) Sergeant Albert Ernest Edwin GOURD,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Jack Thomas HAMER,
RCAF Flying Officer John Alexander MacTavish McLEISH and
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Alexander Lillie MITCHELL.
Military Service-
Service Number: 813163
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Age: 23
Service: Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
Division: RCAF 428 ('Ghost') Squadron; RAF Station Middleton-St. George, County Durham
Son of A.V. Gourd and Beatrice (née Westlake) Gourd of Bristol; husband of Nancy C. B. Gourd of Patchway, Gloucestershire, England.
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Records on Ancestry
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Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966
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Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1922
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England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
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