Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
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- Gordon Frederick Berridge -

Name

Gordon Frederick Berridge, of St Lawrence
 
Biography

Flt/Lt (Pilot) 47736 Gordon Frederick Berridge, Royal Air Force

CWGC record ...

Further information

Name appears on the following memorials :

St Lawrence War Memorial
Newport War Memorial
Ventnor War Memorial

Date of Death :	Died 29 March 1943 aged 39
Where buried or commemorated :	Reerslev Churchyard, Denmark
Aircraft :	Short Stirling Mk.III BF515 HA-N of 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn
Crew
Navigator :	P/O J M Traynor	CWGC record ...
Flight Engineer :	Sgt K F Erne	CWGC record ...
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner :	Flg/Off C V Parsloe	CWGC record ...
Air Gunner :	Sgt A A Fitzpatrick	CWGC record ...
Bomb Aimer :	Flg/Off T C Wheelhouse	CWGC record ...
Air Gunner :	Sgt J A Bolton	CWGC record ...

The aircraft took off from RAF Downham Market at 20.55 hrs for minelaying operations, but was shot down by a night fighter of 3/NJ3 flown by Pilot Uffz. Berg, and crashed at 00.56 hrs at Tareup in Denmark. Flg/Off Wheelhouse and Sgt Bolton were buried at Bispeberg Cemetery, Copenhagen. The remaining crew members are buried in a collective grave at Reerslev Church in Denmark.

Information provided by John Bloodworth