Service Details
Name:
 PITT
Given Name:
 GORDON BRUCE
Initials:
 G B
Service No:
 100685V
Trade:
 W.Op./Air Gnr.
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 31 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-08-15
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), crashed in Warsaw Central Square when wing struck roof top during supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG836
Additional
Information:
Son of Alexander and Mina Gordon Pitt, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Born Sea Point, Cape Province. An insurance clerk. His brother W. G. A. Pitt also died on service.
Commemoration
Country:
 Poland
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Cemetery:
 KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave 1. E. 3-7.

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