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Sgt. Clifford Gorton
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RAFVR |
| Sergeant Clifford
Gorton was serving as Wireless Operator on board Halifax Mk.II
JD-258 coded VR-K borrowed from 419 squadron for an operation to
Wuppertal on June 24/25, 1943. The aircraft was intercepted by a
night fighter and crashed near Eindoven killing the crew. The other
crewmembers were:
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Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
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Sgt Robert
Whitfield |
RAFVR |
Pilot |
Huddersfield,
Yorkshire |
23 |
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P/O William
Donnelly |
RAFVR |
Bomb Aimer |
Farmingham,
Kent |
31 |
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P/O Reginald
Fowler |
RCAF |
Navigator |
New Liskeard,
Ontario |
24 |
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Sgt Peter
Stephenson |
RAFVR |
Flight
Engineer |
Sheffield,
Yorkshire |
20 |
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Sgt John
Dean |
RAFVR |
Mid Upper Gunner |
Formby,
Lancs. |
20 |
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Sgt Michael
Kimber |
RCAF |
Rear Gunner |
Blaine Lake,
Sask. |
26 |
Sgt Clifford Gorton RAFVR was
aged 23 at the time of his death and the son of Stanley and Bertha
Gorton of Little Hulton, Lancs.
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Photo courtesy of
Cliff Boynton (nephew of Sgt Gorton), research by Linda Ibrom.
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