Sergeant (Air Gunner)

Bodycot, Gordon Harry

Buried at Schiermonnikoog (Vrendenhof) Cemetery, The Netherlands. Son of Harry Goude Bodycot and Alice Bodycot, of Leicester; husband of Sadie Bodycot, of Leicester.

Tomlin, Richard Henry

Gateway School 1930-31. Son of William and Elizabeth Tomlin. Husband of Barbara Tomlin. Sergeant Tomlin was one of the crew of Lancaster JB403 that took off from RAF Elsham Wolds nine miles south east of Hull at 16:58 hours on the 2nd December 1943. The aircraft crashed while on an operation to Berlin in Germany, […]

Throsby, William John

Gateway School 1938-40. Son of Mr. C.W. Throsby. Sergeant Throsby was one of the crew of Lancaster ND389 that took off from RAF Wyton at 20:46 hours on the 11th April 1944. The aircraft, on an operation to Aachen in Germany, was shot down at 23:15 hours by a German night-fighter, piloted by Major Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer. […]

Robinson, George Marsh

Gateway School 1933-38. Son of Thomas and Annie Robinson. Sergeant Robinson was one of the crew of six of Wellington X9890 that failed to return from an operation to Munster in Germany. No trace of the aircraft was found. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 92. Crew members:- Pilot – P/O George Hamilton […]