Abram Garshowitz
Warrant Officer Class II · R/84377 · Canadian
- Died
- 17 May 1943
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany
Operations on this date. 2 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 17 May 1943: Operation Chastise · Operation Chastise - The 'dambusters' Raid. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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16 May 1943
Flew Operation Chastise
Wireless operator, ED864 AJ-B — Crashed outbound - 17 May 1943 Died
Crew & operations
Flew as Wireless operator with No. 617 Squadron (Dambusters).
- Operation Chastise (16 May 1943) — aircraft ED864 AJ-B (Avro Lancaster) — Crashed outbound
Crew: Donald Hopkinson (Bomb aimer) · John Kinnear (Flight engineer) · Francis Anthony Garbas (Front gunner) · Floyd Alvin Wile (Navigator) · William Astell (Pilot) · Richard Bolitho (Rear gunner)
Source: CWGC casualty record: GARSHOWITZ, ABRAM → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission