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Goldsbury, R., Sgt., 1945
In Hamburg War Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of 1826652 Sergeant Robert Goldsbury, serving with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who died 31/03/1945.

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
Sgt Goldsbury was the rear gunner of Avro Lancaster III PB468 GT-B of 156 Squadron, which was lost on a mission to target mark the Blohm und Voss shipyards at Hamburg. The Lancaster crashed in the Langenhorn area of Hamburg with the loss of all eight crew members.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1945; W.R. Chorley; 1998; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 92 X page 149.

He is remembered in Ashington on A17.43


The CWGC entry for Sergeant Goldsbury

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