George William West
Flight Sergeant · 1334079 · United Kingdom
- Died
- 31 March 1944, aged 22
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Nunhead (all Saints) Cemetery, United Kingdom
Operations on this date. One raid in this archive was flown on the night of 31 March 1944: Operation Nuremberg raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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30 March 1944
Flew Operation Nuremberg raid
Wireless operator, LW579 MH-V — Crashed on return -
31 March 1944
Died
aged 22
Crew & operations
Flew as Wireless operator with No. 51 Squadron.
- Operation Nuremberg raid (30 March 1944) — aircraft LW579 MH-V (Handley Page Halifax) — Crashed on return
Crew: Stewart Glass (Bomb aimer) · Thomas Samuel Connell (Flight engineer) · Dennis Arthur Churchill (Mid-upper gunner) · Dennis Patrick McCormack (Navigator) · James Brooks (Pilot) · Robert Frederick Kelly (Rear gunner)
Source: CWGC casualty record: WEST, GEORGE WILLIAM → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission