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A Hawker Tempest fighter plane with camouflage paint and British roundels flies through the clouds with a pilot visible.

Hawker Tempest V 1944

117 Gilbert Road

History of 117 Gilbert Road

1944

Norman Gilbert George Carn: Flight Sergeant, 1334625, Pilot, 274 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who died on Saturday 30 September 1944. Age 21. Buried in the Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery.

Norman flew a Tempest V and was shot down by flak south of Arnhem.

Probate: … of 117 Gilbert Road. Administration to Samuel Gilbert Car buyer. Parents Samuel Gilbert Carn and Mabel Carn.

Building dates

  • Built 1900–1929
Source for this date
  • Built 1900–1929: EPC construction age band: 1900–1929

Tags

  • world war two

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