George Andrew Deering
Flying Officer · J/17245 · Canadian
- Died
- 16 September 1943, aged 24
- 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 16 September 1943: Operation Garlic · Modane. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Timeline
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16 May 1943
Flew Operation Chastise
Front gunner, ED932 AJ-G — Returned -
15 September 1943
Flew Operation Garlic
Front gunner, EE144 AJ-S — Failed to return -
16 September 1943
Died
aged 24
Crew & operations
Flew as Front gunner with No. 617 Squadron (Dambusters).
- Operation Chastise (16 May 1943) — aircraft ED932 AJ-G (Avro Lancaster) — Returned
Crew: Frederick Michael Spafford (Bomb aimer) · J Pulford (Flight engineer) · Torger Harlo Taerum (Navigator) · Guy Penrose Gibson (Pilot) · R D Trevor-roper (Rear gunner) · Robert Edward George Hutchison (Wireless operator)
Flew as Front gunner with No. 617 Squadron (Dambusters).
- Operation Garlic (15 September 1943) — aircraft EE144 AJ-S (Avro Lancaster) — Failed to return
Crew: Frederick Michael Spafford (Bomb aimer) · Dennis John Dean Powell (Flight engineer) · Thomas Alfred Meikle (Mid-upper gunner) · Torger Harlo Taerum (Navigator) · George Walton Holden (Pilot) · Henry James Pringle (Rear gunner) · Robert Edward George Hutchison (Wireless operator)
Source: CWGC casualty record: DEERING, GEORGE ANDREW → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission