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Sqd Ldr. Gerard Wilfrid O'Donovan DSO. DFC.
Royal Air Force 582 Squadron
Aged 89. Living near Bath although in poor health. His rear-gunner, Ernest Baker, wrote of Gerard O'Donovan, 'We all felt safe with Gerard. Wherever we went I never had any worries knowing Gerard would get us home. Gerard was a man to be respected and admired.'