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Gordon Frederick Chipperfield

A Pilot Officer with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Gordon died on 8th of April 1941 aged 24. 

Gordon was born at Lowestoft on 13 April 1917, a son of Harold Hugh and Florence Sarah Chipperfield. He was baptised at Saint John’s Church on 24 January 1919 and his family lived at 125 Bevan Street. In 1921 Gordon lived with his grandparents, Frederick and Emma Chipperfield, at 125 Bevan Street. In 1939 Gordon was an electrical engineer and he lived at 50 Denmark Road with his grandmother Emma. 

Gordon joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, service number 754641, to train as a pilot. He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer, number 87021, on 19 October 1940. 

Gordon was a Pilot/Navigator serving with 61 Squadron. He was a member of the crew of a Hampden 1 aircraft, AD 827, that flew from RAF Hemswell on a bombing raid to Keil. The aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed on the Postsee near Preetz. All of the crew were killed. 
WITH THANKS TO: Malcolm Barrass

Lived at

Gordon Chipperfield
50
Denmark Road
Lowestoft
United Kingdom

52.474678420677, 1.7483428

CountryOfService
United Kingdom
BranchService
Air Forces
Regiment
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
ServiceNumber
87021
Burial/Memorial
Germany
KEIL WAR CEMETERY
5. D. 10

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