Flying Officer GORDON BLANSHARD (photo added)
| Rank | Flying Officer |
| Forenames | GORDON |
| Surname | BLANSHARD (photo added) |
| Initials | G |
| Place of Birth |
PRESTON, LANCASHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM
|
| Date of Birth | Wednesday, 03 May 1916 |
| Date of Death | Sunday, 06 August 1944 |
| Age | 28 |
| Nationality |
British
|
| Residence or Entered Service From | HESSLE, YORKSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM |
| Service Number | 130454 | Force |
Royal Air Force
|
| Service/Corps/Regiment | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| Unit / Ship / Battalion / Squadron | 613 (Royal Air Force) Squadron |
| Military Honours and Awards | |
| Place of Burial/Commemoration |
SAINT-PIERRE-DU-VAUVRAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Roll of honour |
| Grave/Memorial Location | Grave 9. Joint grave |
| Previous Place(s) of Burial | Unknown |
| Epitaph | |
| Family Details | SON OF WALTER AND OLIVE BLANSHARD; HUSBAND OF ENID MARY BLANSHARD, OF HESSLE, YORKSHIRE. |
Additional Information
Pilot, Flying Officer GORDON BLANSHARD, is buried in SAINT-PIERRE-DU-VAUVRAY, Communal Cemetery, with Flight Sergeant HERBERT THOMAS SHAYLOR in a joint grave. Both men were killed when the Mosquito aircraft they were in was shot down.1
Original joint grave marker 1940s.1
Flying Officer GORDON BLANSHARD.2
Obituary for Flying Officer GORDON BLANSHARD,
Hull Daily Mail obituary, 1944.
References |
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| 1. | Photograph and additional information kindly provided by Elizabeth Jones, half sister of Flight Sergeant HERBERT THOMAS SHAYLOR. |
| 2. | Photograph and obituary, kindly provided by Ian Blanshard, cousin of Flying Officer GORDON BLANSHARD. |
Acknowledgements and Credits |
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| Source of original data: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| Headstone photograph: | Carl Shilleto |
| Cross marker photograph: | Elizabeth Jones, half sister of Flight Sergeant HERBERT THOMAS SHAYLOR. |
| Individual photograph: | Ian Blanshard, cousin of Flying Officer GORDON BLANSHARD. |
| Additional photographs provided by: | |
| Additional information provided by: | Elizabeth Jones, half sister of Flight Sergeant HERBERT THOMAS SHAYLOR and Ian Blanshard, cousin of Flying Officer GORDON BLANSHARD. |
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