LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Geoffrey William ADDINSALL
Service No: 410586
Born: Rainbow VIC, 26 September 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 30 January 1942
Unit: No. 12 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Wickenby
Died: Air Operations: (No. 12 Squadron Lancaster aircraft DV164), Germany, 10 July 1943, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Frederick Addinsall, of Noogee, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 118, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Lancaster DV164 took off from RAF Wickenby at 2316 hours on the night of 9/10th July 1943 to bomb Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was lost and all the crew members were killed.
The crew members of DV164 were:
Flight Sergeant Geoffrey William Addinsall (410586) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Sergeant John Irwin (1221258) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Leonard Frank Jeffries (1386466) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Claude Jean Philippe Meyer (923584) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Flying Officer Eric Bertram Oldham (135035) (RAFVR) (Bomb Aimer)
Sergeant Charles Napoleon Roy (R/58798) (RCAF) (Navigator)
Sergeant Leslie Reginald Vincent (1313855) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/3/76