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Pilot Officer Max Ennis Gates

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Pilot Officer Max Ennis Gates Veteran

Birth
Cassville, Barry County, Missouri, USA
Death
13 Jun 1944 (aged 21)
Courcelette, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
Burial
Meharicourt, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France Add to Map
Plot
Brit. Plot. Coll. grave 42-43.
Memorial ID
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Military Service

Service Number: J/92338

Force: Air Force

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force

Division: 419 Squadron


Flying Officer / Air Gunner.


Max died when his aircraft, Lancaster KB714, was shot down by a night fighter at Courcelette, 6 miles northeast of Albert, during a raid on the railway at Cambrai.


The other members of the crew were:

Flying Officer Ross Norman Pole

Sergeant Captain Clayton White

Flying Officer Charles Robert McOrmond

Flying Officer Douglas James McMullen

Flying Officer Russel Nelson Wilson

Pilot Officer Richard William Francis


He is also remembered on family marker at Innisfail Cemetery in Innisfail, Alberta.

Military Service

Service Number: J/92338

Force: Air Force

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force

Division: 419 Squadron


Flying Officer / Air Gunner.


Max died when his aircraft, Lancaster KB714, was shot down by a night fighter at Courcelette, 6 miles northeast of Albert, during a raid on the railway at Cambrai.


The other members of the crew were:

Flying Officer Ross Norman Pole

Sergeant Captain Clayton White

Flying Officer Charles Robert McOrmond

Flying Officer Douglas James McMullen

Flying Officer Russel Nelson Wilson

Pilot Officer Richard William Francis


He is also remembered on family marker at Innisfail Cemetery in Innisfail, Alberta.


Inscription

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN



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  • Maintained by: Sharon
  • Originally Created by: Margaret Rose
  • Added: Dec 20, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156207449/max_ennis-gates: accessed ), memorial page for Pilot Officer Max Ennis Gates (24 Jul 1922–13 Jun 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 156207449, citing Meharicourt Communal Cemetery, Meharicourt, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France; Maintained by Sharon (contributor 47715883).