In Memory Of
PITT, GORDON BRUCE
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
100685V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
31 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-08-15
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. grave 1. E. 3-7.
Cemetery:
KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY
Country:
Poland
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.
