Townend, G C

Name on memorial: Townend, G C
Memorial panel: Centre
Full name: Townend, Gordon Christopher
Rank: Flying Officer
Service details: 422765, Royal Australian Air Force
Age at death: 32
Date of death: 13/06/1944
Birth place: Middlesboro
Parents: Sherwood and Elizabeth Mary Townend, of Banbury
Mother's maiden name: Stockton
Parents' marriage details: Middlesboro Dec-06
Wife: unknown
Wife's maiden name: unknown
Marriage details: unknown
Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Additional information:
G C Townend was killed during the raid on Gelsenkirchen, 12th-13th June 1944. His Lancaster, HK545 KO-E was airborne 2332 12th June 1944 from Witchford. Hit by Flak and crashed onto the headquarters of Gelsenberg-Benzin, apx. 3 km West of Gelsenkirchen. All were buried locally. They have been subsequently re-interred in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Those with decorations gained them as immediate awards for outstanding airmanship and devotion to duty during operations to Karlsruhe in April. The joint citation was Gazetted 9Jun44. F/O Townends parents lived at Banbury in Oxfordshire.

S/L W.G.Shadworth DFC KIA, Sgt A.J.Veale DFM KIA, Sgt R.Parkyn KIA, F/O G.C.Townend RAAF KIA, Sgt R.W.T.Weir DFM KIA, F/O I.W.Entwistle RNZAF KIA, F/S A.F.W.Farley KIA.
Source: LostBombers.co.uk

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