George Green Read
Service number
1304578
Military unit
623 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Date of birth
Date of death
06 Sep 1943 (33 years old)
Place of birth
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Employment, education or hobbies
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Family history
He was the son of George Green Read and Mabel Louisa Read, of West Bridgford, Nottingham.
Military history
RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY Coll. grave 18. F. 6-10.
George Read was an air gunner aboard Stirling III EH878 which took off 1948 5 Sept 1943 from Downham Market to bomb Mannheim-Ludwigshafen. Shot down by a night- fighter (Lt Hans-Heinz Augenstein 111). There were six fatalities: Read + NRS Humphreys (P). It was Humphreys's 20th operation. He also survived being torpedoed in the " Waiwera" on 29 June 1942, G Inns (FE), EG Bull (N), HP Delahay (W/Op), FE Somers (AG). DW Robinson (AB) survived to becaome a POW.
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