Gellatly Charles Dewitt

Name:

Charles Dewitt Gellatly

Rank:

Flight Sergeant

Serial Number:

R/69897

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death:

1942-04-09

State:

Texas

Cemetery:

Sage War Cemetery, Germany

Plot:

Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5.

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Charles Dewitt Gellatly was born on January 15, 1914, in Hemphill County, Texas. He was the son of Charles Dewitt Gellady, and Pearl V. Gellady, of Beaumont, Texas. He jumped across the Canadian border and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, upon completion of training was assigned to Royal Air Force 83 Squadron flying the Avro Manchester. While on a bombing mission to Hamburg, Germany on 09 April 1942, while in Manchester L7427 OL-Q, the aircraft is shot down and crashed Northwest of Cloppenburg, Germany, killing Gellatly and 5 of the other crew members. They are buried together at the Sage War Cemetery, Germany.

Crew
Pilot: 67046 Plt Off Jack Heathcote Morphett - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5.
Pilot: 62324 Plt Off Peter Anthony Lovegrove PoW. Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Poland 6. A. 14.(Died in captivity 12 November 1942).
Observer: NZ402188 Flt Sgt Geoffrey Douglas Hutchinson RNZAF - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 647009 Flt/Sgt 647009 Albert Henry Salter - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 923926 Sgt Reginald Stanley Williams - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5.
Air Gunner: R/66159 Sgt George Charles Fisk RCAF - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5.
Air Gunner: R/698977 Sgt Charles Dewitt Gellatly RCAF - Sage War Cemetery Coll. grave 11. B. 3-5.

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