Derek Picken Gates
Sgt · 1836678 · United Kingdom
- Died
- 31 August 1944
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 8. Row B.
Operations on this date. 2 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 31 August 1944: Frankfurt · Pont Remy. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)
Crew & operations
Flew as Rear gunner with No. 550 Squadron.
- Lost on NF962 — Failed to return
Crew: Harold George Thomas (Bomb aimer) · Ronald Macleod (Flight engineer) · Thomas Hamilton (Mid-upper gunner) · Hugh Henry Mills Connolly (Navigator) · Peter Charles Siddall (Pilot) · Alan Francis Moir Sisley (Pilot) · Arthur Stuart Parsons (Wireless operator)