E M Gold WW2
Pilot Officer (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) GOLD, EDWARD MAURICE
Service Number 146830
Died 12/06/1943
Aged 32
466 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of Isaac and Eva Gold.
On the night of 25th / 26th May 1943 the crew of this 466 Squadron aircraft were tasked with flying an operational flight to bomb Dusseldorf and took off from Leconfield airfield at 23.19hrs. They dropped their bombs on the target area at 01.41hrs while flying at 17,000ft but the aircraft was hit and damaged by flak while in the target area. They were able to make a safe return to Leconfield and land at 03.59hrs.
Pilot - F/O Frank MacKelden RAFVR (125698), of Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, Kent.
Bomb Aimer - Sgt Trevor Charles Herbert RAFVR (1575212), of Goodrich, Herefordshire.
Navigator - F/O Stephen Roxburgh RAFVR (125572), of Stockton on Tees, Durham.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - P/O Edward Maurice Gold RAFVR (146830).
Air Gunner - Sgt Alexander George Rawlins RAFVR (1219018), of Burton-on-Trent.
On the night of 11th / 12th June 1943 all of the above were flying in the repaired Wellington HE150 with a second pilot on Ops to bomb Dusseldorf again, the aircraft was struck by flak over Germany and exploded in the air with the loss of the whole crew. The crew were initially buried locally at Munchen-Gladbach but were later re-interred in Rheinberg War Cemetery after the War. Sgt Herbert's body was either not recovered or probably more likely was not identified and was buried as such and he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Sgt's Herbert and Rawlins were both aged 21, MacKelden was 28 and Gold was 32 years old.
Edward Gold received a commission to the rank of P/O on probation (emergency) (146830) on 15th May 1943 but notification of this was only printed in the London Gazette after his death on 20th July 1943.
Frank Mackeldon received a commission on 20th May 1942 to the rank of P/O on probation, rising to F/O on probation (war subs) on 20th November 1942.
Stephen Roxburgh received a commission on 23rd May 1942 to the rank of P/O on probation, rising to F/O on probation (war subs) on 23rd November 1942.
E M Gold WW2
Pilot Officer (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) GOLD, EDWARD MAURICE
Service Number 146830
Died 12/06/1943
Aged 32
466 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Son of Isaac and Eva Gold.
On the night of 25th / 26th May 1943 the crew of this 466 Squadron aircraft were tasked with flying an operational flight to bomb Dusseldorf and took off from Leconfield airfield at 23.19hrs. They dropped their bombs on the target area at 01.41hrs while flying at 17,000ft but the aircraft was hit and damaged by flak while in the target area. They were able to make a safe return to Leconfield and land at 03.59hrs.
Pilot - F/O Frank MacKelden RAFVR (125698), of Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, Kent.
Bomb Aimer - Sgt Trevor Charles Herbert RAFVR (1575212), of Goodrich, Herefordshire.
Navigator - F/O Stephen Roxburgh RAFVR (125572), of Stockton on Tees, Durham.
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner - P/O Edward Maurice Gold RAFVR (146830).
Air Gunner - Sgt Alexander George Rawlins RAFVR (1219018), of Burton-on-Trent.
On the night of 11th / 12th June 1943 all of the above were flying in the repaired Wellington HE150 with a second pilot on Ops to bomb Dusseldorf again, the aircraft was struck by flak over Germany and exploded in the air with the loss of the whole crew. The crew were initially buried locally at Munchen-Gladbach but were later re-interred in Rheinberg War Cemetery after the War. Sgt Herbert's body was either not recovered or probably more likely was not identified and was buried as such and he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Sgt's Herbert and Rawlins were both aged 21, MacKelden was 28 and Gold was 32 years old.
Edward Gold received a commission to the rank of P/O on probation (emergency) (146830) on 15th May 1943 but notification of this was only printed in the London Gazette after his death on 20th July 1943.
Frank Mackeldon received a commission on 20th May 1942 to the rank of P/O on probation, rising to F/O on probation (war subs) on 20th November 1942.
Stephen Roxburgh received a commission on 23rd May 1942 to the rank of P/O on probation, rising to F/O on probation (war subs) on 23rd November 1942.