Date of birth:

September 3rd, 1917

Date of death:

August 7th, 1942 (Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant)

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Cemetery Uden
Plot: 4. Row: H. Grave: 9.

Service number:

407794

Nationality:

Australian

Flt. Sgt. Gilbert Carrington Keats
Pilot RAAF, No. 12 Squadron RAF
He was the pilot of the Wellington Mk.II bomber Z8585 PH-W, which was shot down on the night of August 7, 1942, by a night fighter from the German air base in Venlo (I./NJG.1). He crashed at approximately 02:55 near the Coppens family farm on Hoevestraat/Oude Baan in Rosmalen.
The target of the mission was Duisburg (Germany).
The following were killed with him:
Sgt. B.J. Miller, Air Gunner RAF (VR)
P/O H. Shaw, Observer RAF (VR)
Sgt. P.M. Spence, W. Op. / Air Gunner RAF (VR)
Sgt. D.E. Williams, Air Gunner RAF (VR)
He was buried on August 7, 1942, in the rectory garden of St. Peter's Church in Uden. Miller, Spencer, and Williams were buried as ‘unknowns’.
He was reburied in September 1946 at the British War Cemetery in Uden.

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• Photo 1: Archief A. Verbakel / Heemkundekring Uden
• - Flight Sergeant Gilbert Carrington Keats | War Casualty Details 2765835 | CWGC
  - Flight Sergeant Gilbert Carrington Keats (1917-1942) - Find a Grave-gedenkplek
  - Air Forces WW2 Casualty : Flight Sergeant G C KEATS (407794), Royal Australian Air Force [RAFCommands]
  - Accident Vickers Wellington Mk II Z8585, Friday 7 August 1942
  - Neergestorte vliegtuigen in Rosmalen 1940-1945 - BHIC
  - Archive A. Verbakel / Heemkundekring Uden

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