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Son of Hedley and Helen Pond of North Devon, New Brunswick. Husband of Audrey Pond of Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Gerald Randolph Pond
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Pilot Officer Gerald Randolph Pond
Wellington bomber LP189 of 142SQN RAF was lost during an attack on the Oil Refineries at Ploesti, Rumania - crew: RAAF 418123 Pilot Officer Charles Gifford Hill (Pilot) / RAAF 426784 Flight Sergeant Robert Thurlow (Air Bomber) / RAF 1393385 Flight Sergeant Peter August Shepherd (Navigator) / RAF 1022033 Flight Sergeant William Grisdale (Wireless Operator Air) / RCAF J/89871 Pilot Officer Gerald Randolph Pond (Air Gunner)
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Pilot Officer Gerald Randolph Pond is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer Gerald Randolph Pond is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Wellington bomber LP189 of 142SQN RAF was lost during an attack on the Oil Refineries at Ploesti, Rumania - crew: RAAF 418123 Pilot Officer Charles Gifford Hill (Pilot) / RAAF 426784 Flight Sergeant Robert Thurlow (Air Bomber) / RAF 1393385 Flight Sergeant Peter August Shepherd (Navigator) / RAF 1022033 Flight Sergeant William Grisdale (Wireless Operator Air) / RCAF J/89871 Pilot Officer Gerald Randolph Pond (Air Gunner)
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 419 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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SOFIA WAR CEMETERY Bulgaria
Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is on the Golem Asker River, at the foot of the Vitosha Mountains. It is on the main railway line to Istanbul, Turkey.
Sofia Protestant Cemetery, which is a section of the main town cemetery, is 2 kilometres north of the railway station and SOFIA WAR CEMETERY is part of this cemetery.
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