97/Steven Crew: Gadsby

Object/Artifact

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RAF Pathfinders Archive

Name/Title

97/Steven Crew: Gadsby

Entry/Object ID

2022.1.207

Description

Bill Gadsby, wireless operator, Steven crew, 97 Squadron.

Context

The Steven crew was shot down over Texel on 15 January 1944. CREW Pilot: F/L Kenneth Munro Steven – Killed, buried in Den Burg Cemetery Flight Engineer: F/S Albert C East – PoW Navigator: F/S Samuel Stevenson – Killed, buried in Den Burg Cemetery Bomb Aimer: P/O Ridley Brown – PoW W/Op: F/S William Gadsby – Killed, buried in Den Burg Cemetery Mid-Upper Gunner: W/O Clifford John, known as Jack, Skinner – Killed, buried in Den Burg Cemetery Rear Gunner: Sgt Leslie Norman John Laver – Killed, buried in Den Burg Cemetery Donated by Joan Champion and Paul East, April 2021.

Collection

97 Squadron, YEAS: ALBERT EAST & the Steven Crew

Category

QAI: Personal photographs