Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Biography – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Sergeant Gerald Gordon Armstrong is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Sergeant Gerald Gordon Armstrong is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Death Certificate – Province of Saskatchewan Registration of Death

Grave marker – Son of Gordon William and Martha Henrietta Armstrong of Macoun, Saskatchewan, Canada. Gerald was amongst the six man crew of Whitley bomber X3287 WS-? which was flown by Sergeant (Pilot) W.T. Ramey, R.C.A.F. The Whitley, which had taken off from R.A.F. Honington, Suffolk at 1713 hours, was on the return leg of a raid on Düsseldorf, Germany, when the starboard engine caught fire over the Dutch coast. Off the coast of Herne Bay, Kent, the aircraft was abandoned, but Gerald, and 21 year old Sergeant (Air Gunner) Peter Bilsborough, of Shipley, Yorkshire were both drowned. Three other members of the crew were injured and were all treated at the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Herne Bay, Kent. Photo from www.kentfallen.com

Grave marker – Grave photo in Aylesham cemetery find-a-grave, Kent, England, courtesy of Alan Taylor, Dover, Kent.

Photo of Gerald Armstrong – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Photo of Gerald Armstrong – In Memory of the members of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me