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Flt.Sgt. Gordon James Ford
Royal Air Force 58 Squadron
from:Crumlin, Monmouthshire
(d.18th June 1940)
Flight Sergeant Gordon Ford was the son of William James Ford and Rachel Ford of Crumlin, Monmouthshire.
He was aged 28 when his plane crash-landed after engine failure, three crew baled out and were taken POW. Pilot, Fl/Sgt. Gordon James Ford 562682 RAF and Observer, Sgt. Eric Jones-Roberts 580580 RAF were killed during landing.
He is buried in the Culemborg General Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands.