Sergeant Geoffrey Maxted Hill

Born:

1923

Pupil:

1932

Father:

Walter Hill

Address:

Ravenstone, 61 Farquhar Road, Upper Norwood, SE9

School Details:

Boarder in Nelson House.

"Our Record" 102 Form I 9/12

"Our Record" 103 Form II 8/8

"Our Record" 104 Form II 6/14

"Our Record" 105 Form NIB 15/27

"The form has been represented in the choir by Hill".

"Our Record" 106 Form IIB 24/30

"Our Record" 107 Form IIIA 21/28

"Our Record" 108 Form lIlA 12/29

"Our Record" 109 Form IVA 17/26

"Our Record" 110 Form Lower IVA 11/25

"Our Record" 111 3rd in 200 yds Junior Sprint

"Our Record" 115 Member of Cadet Force (First Aid Detachment)

Military Details:

408 (RCAF) Squadron (Goose) Stationed at Leeming, Yorks.

"327 aircraft dispatched to bomb the Skoda armaments factory at Pilsen in Czechoslovakia, 36 planes were lost. One Canadian squadron no 408 lost 4 of its 12 Halifaxes dispatched. This raid took place by the light of a full moon but was not a success. In a complicated plan the main force was ordered to confirm the position of the Skoda factory visually. In the event, a large asylum building 7 miles away was mistaken for the factory. The Skoda factory was not hit. One report says 200 German troops were killed when their barracks near the asylum were bombed".

Memorial:

Heverlee War Cemetery Leuven Vlaams-Brabannt Belgium Coil Grave 4. F.4 His remains are buried with those of two other members of the crew.

Sergeant Harry George Machell (Flight Engineer)

Sergeant Donald Fredrick Gargrave (W.Op/Air Gnr)