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P/O Gordon Beverly Jose
Royal Canadian Air Force 431 Squadron
from:New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
(d.8th Jun 1944)
My husband's uncle Gordon Beverly Jose, R.C.A.F., was shot down between the beginning of WWII and Sep 18th 1943. He was 431 Squadron and was a bomb aimer. I have looked everywhere on the net trying to find info and have been unsuccessful, can anyone help?
Editor's Note: According to the CWGC website, Gordon Jose was lost his life on the 8th of June 1944 and is buried in Blevy Communal Cemetery, France. All the crew lie together, the only CWGC burials in the vilage cemetery. they were:
P/O John Peter Artyniuk. RCAF
P/O Gilbert Alfred John Curtis, RAF
F/Sgt. Donald Angus Flett, RAFVR
F/O Peter Joseph Gandy, RCAF
P/O Gordon Beverley Jose, RCAF
F/O Hugh Allan Morrison, RCAF
P/O William Dakin Mullin, RCAF
Sgt. William Teape, RAFVR
The targets that night were the road and rail junction at Acheres and the rail yards at Versailles, this particular aircraft is listed as "failed to return" to RAF Tholhorpe in North Yorkshire.