• Operation Chastise (Dambusters Raid)

Date of birth:

June 24th, 1917 (Govan/Glasgow, Scotland)

Date of death:

May 17th, 1943

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Cemetery Rheinberg
Plot: 17. Row: E. Grave: 2-6.

Service number:

141285

Nationality:

British

George Henry Ford Goodwin Gregory, born in Govan, Glasgow, on June 24, 1917, was one of seven children. A printer before the war, he joined the RAF early on, completing a full tour as a gunner in 44 Squadron by late 1942 and earning the DFM.

After commissioning at a training unit, he returned to operations in March 1943 and was posted to 617 Squadron for the Dams Raid preparations.

He served as the front gunner on board AJ-M "Mother" during the Dambuster raid. The airplane, a Lancaster, was flown by John Hopgood.

The shot up Lancaster couldn't gain altitude after the second engine was hit and crashed with the loss of John Hopgood, Ken Earnshaw, Charles Brennan and John Minchin.

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• Photo 1: Dambustersblog.com
• - The London Gazette Issue 35254 published on the 22 August 1941
  - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  

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