LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Gerald Barrington HAYDON
Service No: 404100
Born: Southport QLD, 24 December 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 May 1940
Unit: No. 452 Squadron
Died: Prisoner of War (Wounds) (loss of No. 452 Squadron Spitfire aircraft), near Calais France, 9 August 1941, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Longueness (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Harry and Gertrude Haydon, of Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On a Circus 68 mission on 9 August 1941, a Spitfire flown by Sergeant Haydon was shot down by an Me109 lighter at Tournehem, approximately 13.5 miles south east of Calais, France. He unsuccessfully attempted to bale out and died of his wounds.
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, 163/120/249