Dennis Gordon Bingley
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Son of George and Annie Bingley of 13 Eakring Road, Mansfield.
He came from a large family. Two of his older brothers served in WW1. George served with the Sherwood Foresters and died on 20th June 1916. Percy died of pneumonia in Cahir Military Hospital in 1921.
Frances Mary (1894), George Archibald (1897), Percy (1899), Cyril Ernest (1902),
Violet Doris (1906), Raymond (1912).
IBCC: Handley Page Halifax II. Serial No HR752 marking NP-T
Wireless operator/air gunner
Operation Montbeliard: to attack the Peugeot factory near the Swiss border. 165 Halifax, 5 of which were lost.
Clear weather conditions and the target was only lightly defended but PFF (Pathfinders) marked 700 yards beyond the factory and as a result 80% of the bombs fell on the town and only 20% on the target.
Shot down by ABF110 night fighter near Secuenay, Dijon
Mansfield Chronicle Advertiser: 11/7/1946 Roll of Honour
Bingley: In loving memory of Sgt Gordon Bingley killed an operation over Germany on July 15th 1943 re-united with his brothers who paid the extreme sacrafice in the last war. Archie age 19 Notts & Derby Regt and Percy age 21 Royal Field Artillery and sister Maisie age 4.
Buried at Saquenany Churchyard, France. grave 2.
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