Stanley Robert Gear
Service number
751359
Military unit
304 (Polish) Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
16 Jesse Terrace, Reading, Berkshire.
Date of birth
Date of death
09 May 1941 (22 years old)
Place of birth
Wallingford, Oxfordshire.
Employment, education or hobbies
Oxford Road School
Wilson Central School
Apprentice Engineer - Pulsometer Engineering.
Alter Server Holy Trinity Church
Assistant Scout Master
- Family History
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Family history
Son of George Cook Gear and Dodsa Phipps Gear, of Reading, Berkshire.
Military history
8/9 May 1941 Wellington R1473 RAF crew flying with Polish 304 Sqn as advisors. Took off 23.08 RAF Syerston to bomb shipyards and city at Bremen, reportedly hit by Flak and damaged. Later claimed shot down by Unteroffizier Reinhard Schmolinsky of the 1./NJG 3, who was flying a Bf 110 from Vechta airfield (KIFA 3/7/1941). R1473 crashed at 02.16 Brumsel, Messinghausen, Germany.
DFM awarded while serving with 83 Sqdn London Gazette 11th February 1941
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of Stanley Robert Gear