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#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
2901 GibsonJames MacleodCorporalNZ/391285Age 24New ZealandPassengerRNZAFFar East4 Sqn
(RNZAF)
1945-08-29VenturaPV-INZ4619MSN: 6264 Mokerang, Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago 15:45Air Compass Swing See archive report for details. Missing - believed killedBourail Memorial. Panel 8

Bourail Memorial

See report for full details

Son of James Gibson (died 1974) and of Agnes Margaret Kennedy Gibson (nee MacLeod - died 1947); stepson of Mr. G. T. Mouncer, of 19 Bridle Path. Lyttleton, Canterbury, New Zealand.

2902 GiddensD CSergeantRNZAFBomber Command103Sqn
1942-10-05HalifaxIIW1216PM-QElsham Wolds1900AachenCrashed Rosmeer BelgiumPoW
2903 GiddensSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1941-11-26WellingtonIcZ1144AA-Feltwell1830EmdenAbandoned N of Wrangle Lincs
2904 GiffordEmil AlgernonFlight Sergeant414099Age 33RNZAF1942-02-03KilledSingapore, Kranji War Cemetery, 24. E. 15.Son Of Samuel And Emily Gifford, Of Auckland City, New Zealand; Husband Of Marjorie E. Gifford, Of New Lynn, Auckland.
2905 GilberdM SFlying OfficerRNZAFBomber Command149Sqn (East India)
1942-10-16StirlingIBF392OJ-DLakenheath1830GardeningCrashed near Ile d'YeuKilledPort Joinville Communal
2906 GilberdMorris SearleFlying Officer404353Age 29RNZAF149Sqn (RAF)1942-10-16KilledFrance, Lile-Dyeu (Port Joinville) Communal Cemetery, Plot F. Row 1. Coll. Grave 98.Son Of Henry Searle Gilberd And Clara Olga Zenner Gilberd, Of Oriental Bay, Wellington, New Zealand; Husband Of Maud Gilberd, Of Paddington, London. Qualified Optician.
2907 GilbertGerald HarmanFlying Officer429029Age 23RNZAF1944-03-15KilledUnited Kingdom, Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 176.



Son Of Lionel Wallis Gilbert And Castillia Amelia Gilbert, Of Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand.
2908 GilbertGerald HarmanFlying OfficerNZ/429029New ZealandNavigator RNZAFBomber Command11OTU
1944-03-15WellingtonXLN660KJ-ORAF Westcott2005Training exerciseSee archive report for detailsKilledOxford (Botley) Cemetery. Plot 1/2. Grave 176 Son of Lionel Wallis Gilbert and Castillia Amelia Gilbert, of Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand.



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2909 GilbertC LFlight LieutenantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1940-10-21WellingtonIcT2820AA-Mildenhall1730HamburgCrashed near Methwold NorfolkInjured
2910 GilbertsonJ EFlight SergeantRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-07-28WellingtonIIIBJ661AA-RAF Feltwell, NorfolkHamburgSee Archive report for further detailsKilledAmsterdam New Eastern Read Archive Report
2911 GilbertsonJohn EdwardFlight Sergeant41894Age 22RNZAF75Sqn RNZAF
1942-07-29KilledNetherlands (Holland), Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, Plot 69. Row E. Grave 17.Son Of Ernest E. H. And Laurie I. Gilbertson, Of Waipawa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
2912 GilchristRay AlexandraFlight Sergeant411209Age 31RNZAF1943-06-06KilledBangladesh (ex India), Maynamati War Cemetery, 3. F. 1.Son Of Ernest Gilchrist And Of Emily Gilchrist (Nee Henry), Of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand; Husband Of Ellen Selina Gilchrist, Of Invercargill.
2913 GildingSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1941-07-13WellingtonIcX9634AA-FeltwellBremenCrashed in sea off Corton Suffolk Injured
2914 GilesJohn Patrick ArthurFlight Sergeant425836Wireless Operator/Air GunnerRNZAFBomber Command75 Sqn RNZAF
1944-09-11LancasterILM268AA:DRAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire19:35GardeningSee Archive report for further detailsKilledSvino Churchyard. Collective grave 88
2915 GilesJ CPilot OfficerBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-08-31StirlingIIIEE918AA-DMepal2019BerlinCrashed at DerentalKilledHannover War Cemetery
2916 GilesJohn CecilPilot Officer138329Age 19RAFVR75Sqn RNZAF
1943-08-31KilledGermany, Hanover War Cemetery, 16. C. 9.Son Of George Albert And Irene May Giles, Of Peckham Rye, London.
2917 GilesJohn Patrick ArthurFlight Sergeant425836Age 21RNZAF75Sqn RNZAF
1944-09-12KilledDenmark, Svino Churchyard, Coll. Grave 88.Son Of George R. Giles And Of Isabella Giles (Nee Bayne), Of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
2918 GilfillanWilliamSergeant1569298Air Gunner (Mid Upper)RAFVRBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-11-19StirlingIIILJ442JN:FRAF Mepal17:01LeverkusenClaimed by Lt. Otto Fries, his 4th Abschuss, from 5.NJG1 near Horrues, 3 - 4 km north of Soignies at 4.100 m. at 19:59 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (23 September - 31 December) 1943 Part 3 - Theo Boiten)KiAChievres Communal Cemetery Grave 23
2919 GilfillanWilliamSergeant1569298Age RAFVR75Sqn RNZAF
1943-11-19KilledBelgium, Chievres Communal Cemetery, Grave 23.
2920 GillJohn Trevor VivianSergeantNZ/403362Age 27New ZealandAir GunnerRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1942-09-03WellingtonIIIX3396AA-RRAF Mildenhall, Suffolk2328EmdenSee archive report for further detailsKilledSage War Cemetery Grave 3.A. 2.
Born on the 30th December 1914, the son of Thomas Richard Willoughby (died 27th January 1926, age 61) and Edith Gill (née Stevens - died 19th November 1952, of Auckland City, New Zealand. Attended King's College, Aukland from 1920-1931. Occupation prior to service a farmer. A total of 116 flying hours logged and on his 02nd operational sortie.
2921 GillJohn Trevor VivianSergeant403362Age 27RNZAF75Sqn RNZAF
1942-09-04KilledGermany, Sage War Cemetery, 3. A. 2.Son Of T. R. W. And Edith Gill, Of Auckland City, New Zealand.
2922 GillAdrian Harold CooperSergeant404024Age 24RNZAF214Sqn (RAF)1942-08-17KilledUnited Kingdom, Manby (St. Mary) Churchyard, Grave 19.

Son Of Theodore Gregory Cooper Gill And Of Flora Gill (Nee White), Of Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand.
2923 GillanG LWarrant OfficerRNZAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1944-07-20LancasterIIIND752AA-OMepal2330HombergCrashed at Udenhout {Noord-Brabant}KilledGilzerbaan Gen Cemetery Holland
2924 GillanLeslie WilliamLeading Aircraftman414274Age 20RNZAF1942-02-24KilledCanada, Saskatoon (Woodlawn) Cemetery, Block J. Lot 401. Grave 110.Son Of William Henry And Lily Elizabeth Gillan, Of Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
2925 GillanGottfred LyallWarrant Officer42324Age 31RNZAF75Sqn RNZAF
1944-07-21KilledNetherlands (Holland), Tilburg (Gilzerbaan) General Cemetery, Plot B. Row 2. Grave 61.Son Of Douglas And Myrtle Lilyan Gillan; Husband Of Alice Ann Gillan (Nee Graham), Of South Grafton, New South Wales, Australia.
2926 GillardJohn WilliamSergeant938834Age 24RAFVR75Sqn RNZAF
1943-06-24KilledNetherlands (Holland), Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, 4. C. 7.
2927 GillardJ WSergeant938834Bomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-06-24StirlingIIIEH902AA-KNewmarket2323WuppertalCrashed off BevelandKilledBergen op Zoom
2928 GillespieDouglas Charles AndrewSergeantNZ/4215123Age 27New ZealandNavigatorRNZAFTraining Command8 OTU (RCAF)
1945-03-15MosquitoB.20KB338-RCAF Greenwood, Nova Scotia, CanadaTrainingSee archive report for further detailsKilledMiddleton Holy Trinity Old Cemetery. Sec. 2. Grave 8

Courtesy Sonia Edwards

Born on the 03rd April 1923 at Eastbourne, Sussex England. Moved to New Zealand age 6. Educated at Mt. Albert Grammar School. Served 6 months in territorial army. Enlisted at Omaka on the 27th November 1942. Trained as a QW/Op air gunner 14th October 1943. Embarked for Canada on the 26th November 1943. Promoted to sergeant on the 11th August 1944 and awarded his navigator badge on the 05th January 1945. Joined No. 8 Operational Training Unit on the 19th January 1945. Son of Charles White Gillespie (died 11th April 1954, age 65) and of Annie Isobel Gillespie (née Craig - died 08th October 1976, age 85), of Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 183 flying hours logged.
2929 GillespieRobert BruceSergeantNZ/427421Age 23New ZealandNavigatorRNZAFFar East4 Squadron
(RNZAF)
1944-08-20Hudson IIIANZ2066-RNZAF Nausori, Viti Levu, Fiji06:10Transit FlightSee Archive report for detailsMissing - believed killedBourail Memorial. Panel 7

Courtesy New Zealand Cenotaph

Born on the 28th October 1920 in Dunedin. Son of Robert and Catherine Gillespie, of 22 St. Pauls Street, Auckland City, New Zealand.
2930 GillespieRobert BruceSergeant427421Age 23RNZAF1944-08-20KilledNew Caledonia, Bourail Memorial, Panel 7.

Son Of Robert And Catherine Gillespie, Of Auckland City, New Zealand.
2931 GillespieDouglas Charles AndrewSergeant4215123Age 21RNZAF1945-03-16KilledCanada, Middleton Old Holy Trinity Cemetery, Sec. 2. Grave 8.

Son Of Charles White Gillespie And Of Annie Isobel Gillespie (Nee Craig), Of Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand.
2932 GillettF SFlying OfficerRNZAFBomber Command207Sqn
1944-05-22LancasterIIIND871EM-GSpilsby2236BraunschweigCrashed NortrupPoW
2933 GilliattEdward GeorgeSergeant648452Age 22RAF75Sqn RNZAF
1944-06-16KilledFrance, Rieux Communal Cemetery, Coll. Grave 8-10.Son Of John And Ellen Orrell Gilliatt; Husband Of Monica Julia Gilliatt, Of Cheetham Hill, Manchester.
2934 GilliattEdward GeorgeSergeant6484521922NavigatorRAFBomber Command75 Sqn RNZAF
1944-06-15LancasterILL888AA:XMepal23:09ValenciennesClaim by Oblt Peter Ehrhardt 9./NJG5 - Cambrai/Lille/Valenciennes area: 2,000m at 00:52. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten) Crashed Rieux-en-Cambresis (Nord) 9km ENE of Cambrai.KilledRieux Communal Cemetery Coll. Grave 8-10Six of the crew were found. with the wreckage. The seventh, and RAF member of the crew, appears to have died on baling out, his body being found by local inhabitants a few km to the NW. He was buried at Iway before being reinterred alongside his comrades at Rieux.

Son of John and Ellen Orrell Gilliatt; husband of Monica Julia Gilliatt, of Cheetham Hill, Manchester.
2935 GilliesJames ArchibaldFlight SergeantNZ/427276Age 22New ZalandWireless Operator/Air GunnerRNZAF3Sqn (NZ)1944-09-09VenturaPV-INZ4522-Piva Airfield, Bougainville720RabaulForce landingSurvived

Born on the 08th June 1922 in Hampden, Otago. Employed as a farmer by father at Hampden prior to service. Served 4 months in Home Guard, 6 weeks in the Territorials and 2 years in the Cadets. Enlisted on the 11th of July 1942 at Gisborne. To Rotorua Initial Training Wing on the 06th June 1943 as AC2 wireless operator air gunner. Attached to No. 1 Operational Training Unit on the 02nd April 1943. Awarded air gunner badge and promoted to sergeant on the 30th April 1943. Fl/Sgt. on the 28th of October 1943 and W/O. on the 28th of October 1944. Embarked for forwarding area and 9 squadron overseas on the 15th September 1943, then to 3 squadron on the 15th October 1943. Embarked for New Zealand on or about the 22nd January for training on the Ventura.
2936 GillonMurray AlexanderCorporal4312262Age 24RNZAF1944-06-20KilledNew Zealand, Otago Provincial Memorial, Son Of Arthur And May Gillon, Of Dunedin, Otago;  Husband Of Gladys Gillon Of Dunedin.
2937 GilmoreDSergeantBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1941-03-18WellingtonIcT2736AA-Feltwell1950KielCrashed near RyhillKilled
2938 GilmoreDanielSergeant818024Age RAF (Auxiliary Air Force)75Sqn RNZAF
1941-03-19KilledUnited Kingdom, Cardiff Western Cemetery, Sec. J. Grave 649.
2939 GilmoreRaeSergeant425394Age 21War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
RNZAF11OTU1944-05-06KilledUnited Kingdom, Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Plot I/2. Grave 216.

Son Of Rae And Winifred Constance Gilmore, Of Tauranga, Auckland, New Zealand.

Royal Canadian Air Force, No. 3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, Manitoba Base Record Course 1: Graduation Date: 10/12/1942. AWMM Royal Canadian Air Force, No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mt. Joli, Quebec Base Record



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2940 GilmourAngus Victor MacleodLeading Aircraftman402457Age 21RNZAF1941-01-21KilledNew Zealand, Auckland (Waikumete) Cemetery, Pbyn. Block D, Row 19, Grave 26.Son Of Walter And Margaret Macleod Gilmour, Of Auckland City.
2941 GilmourBrian MontgomerySquadron Leader412234Age DFC

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RNZAF9Sqn (RAF)1944-04-25KilledGermany, Durnbach War Cemetery, 9. K. 4.
2942 GilmourH EWarrant OfficerRAAFBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1944-07-20LancasterIIIND915AA-AMepal2320HombergCrashed near Keldonk {Noord-Brabant}KilledEindhoven {Woensel}
2943 GilmourAngus Victor MacleodLACNZ/402457Age 21New ZealandPilotRNZAFTraining CommandNo. 2 SFTS
1941-01-21VincentNZ354-RNZAF Woodbourne830TrainingSee Archive report for further detailsKilledAuckland Cemetery (Waikumete). Pbyn. Block D, Row 19, Grave 26.Born on the 07th June 1919 in Bondighen, Italy. Moved to New Zealand around 1920. Educated at Auckland Grammar. Worked as a warehouseman for Dental and MedicalSupply Company in Auckland. Enlisted at Whenuapai on the 0st September 1940. Trained with No. 3 Elementary Training School 29th September 1940. With No. 2 Service Flying Training School 23rd November 1940. Son of Dr.Walter Alison and Margaret MacLeod Gilmour (née MacLeod), of Auckland City, New Zealand.
2944 GittinsThomas HenryFlight Sergeant1067871Age 24RAFVR75Sqn RNZAF
1943-08-07KilledUnited Kingdom, Runnymede Memorial, Panel 136.
2945 GittinsThomas HenryFlight Sergeant1067871W/Op/Air/GnrRAFVRBomber Command75Sqn RNZAF
1943-08-06StirlingIBK614JN-HRAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire2145Gardening See archive report for further details Missing - believed killedRunnymede Memorial. Panel 136 Read Archive Report
2946 GlasgowFrederick DunfordSergeantNZ/402469Age 20New ZealandPilotRNZAFMiddle East - 262 Wing. Western Desert112Sqn

1941-12-12TomahawkIIBAK461GA-ALG122, Fort Maddelena, Libya1525SweepSee Archive report for further detailsMissing - believed killedAlamein Memorial. Panel 246Born on the 16th November 1921 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Worked as a clerk for Wanganui City Council. Enlisted at Ohakea as aircraft hand 09th July 1940. Commenced training as a pilot on the 25th November 1940. With No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School. Embarked for Canada on the 27th February 1941. Pilot badge awarded and promoted to sergeant on the 09th June 1941. Embarked for England on the 20th June 1941. Further trading with 52 Operational Training Unit on the Hurricane 14th July 1941. Joined 17 squadron 01st September 1941. Embarked for Middle East 28th September 1941 and joined 112 squadron on the 02nd November 1941. Son of Frederick Dunford Glasgow and Lizzie Cassie Glasgow, of Fitzherbert Avenue , Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand. A total of 123 flying hours logged and thought to be on his 7th operational sortie.
2947 GlasgowFrederick DunfordSergeant402469Age 20RNZAF112Sqn (RAF)1941-11-25KilledEgypt, Alamein Memorial, Column 246.Son Of Frederick Dunford Glasgow And Lizzie Carrie Glasgow, Of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand.
2948 GlazerSolSergeant40621Age 29RNZAF214Sqn (RAF)1941-03-13KilledNetherlands (Holland), Groningen (Esserveld) General Cemetery, Plot RP. Row Class 2. Coll. grave 26.Son Of Samuel Glazer And Of Polly Glazer (Nee Nissenbaum), Of Wellington City, New Zealand.
2949 GledhillAlbert William ConradFlight Sergeant42140485th November 1923 at TakakaNew ZealandPilotRNZAFFighter Command691Sqn


1945-03-02HurricaneIICLF6385S:PRAF Harrowbeer, Devon09:35TrainingSee archive report for further detailsKilledHaycombe Cemetery. Plot 39. Sec. H. Row E. Grave 244

Courtesy AWMM

2950 GledhillAlbert William ConradFlight Sergeant4214048Age 21RNZAF691Sqn (RAF)1945-03-02KilledUnited Kingdom, Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery, Plot 39. Sec. H. Row E. Grave 244.Son Of Clarance Conrad Gledhill, And Of Louisa Catherine Mary Gledhill (Nee Stent), Of Petone, Wellington, New Zealand.

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