Geoffrey Lewis Coxon
Memorial: Bitton - St Mary's Church
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Medals: 1939–45 Star, Distinguished Flying Medal, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Pilot Officer 156106
Parents: Charles Lewis Coxon and Agnes Heathcote Coxon
Marital status: Single
Home address: Fieldgrove Farm, Bitton or Hambrook, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Farm Worker
Date of birth: 1923
Place of birth: London
Date of death: 22/09/1943
Buried/Commemorated at: Hanover War Cemetery Germany and commemorated War Memorial St Mary’s church Bitton and Chipping Sodbury High School.
Age: 20
Further information:
207 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
He was awarded the DFM for his part in a bombing raid of Hamburg in July 1943. He managed to drop his bomb load whilst one engine was on fire and the other not working. Shot down in a Lancaster Bomber whilst on a bombing raid of Nuremburg he and the other 6 crew members were all killed.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/othermems_run.htm
Newcastle Journal 19 August 1943