Hamilton, Gerald Burton
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Gerald Burton |
Surname | Hamilton |
Gender | M |
Age | 18 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 22-01-1945 |
Next of Kin | Son of Harold Walace Hamilton and Dessa Hamilton, of Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | NG185 |
Markings | P4-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Venray War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | VII. B. 1-2 (Coll.). |
Epitaph | WE ASKED FOR LIFE OF HIM FOR THEE AND HE DID GIVE ETERNITY. JERRY DARLING |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 44 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | K/280563 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 153 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | St. John the Baptist Church, Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Framed Scroll |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to the memory of all 150 Sqn personnel lost operating from Scampton 1944 -1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1029/26 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1029/25 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-01-1945 |
End Date | 23-01-1945 |
Takeoff Station | Scampton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (72% moon) |
Operation | Duisberg |
Reason for Loss | Likely to have crashed in Germany, where the bodies of the crew were either discovered by an American Graves Inspection Team, or found almost immediately by US Forces, as all were taken into Holland and interred at Margraten. since then, they have been re-interred in the Venrary War Cemetery. |