In Memory Of

GOTTLIEB, ABE ISADORE

Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
777667
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
44 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1942-06-06
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Lancaster R5516 "KM-F". Target: Essen. Hit by Flak/AAA and ditched into the North Sea West of Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands. Four of the 7 crew were KIA, three survived to be taken POW
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 84.
Cemetery:
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Surrey
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Woolf and Katherine Gottlieb, of Cape Town, South Africa. ***Jewish.