In Memory Of
PARK, GEOFFREY ROGER
Service Details
Age:
28
Date of Birth:
1916-04-06
Service No:
78710
Rank:
Wing Commander
Unit:
272 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1944-10-15
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Beaufighter TF.X NV470, shot down by flak, whilst on a shipping strike over the Adriatic Sea
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 12, Column 1.
Cemetery:
MALTA MEMORIAL
Country:
Malta
Additional Information
Decorations:
D F C
Citations:
LG Sup 24 September 1943 pg. 4246 - "This officer has completed an extremely large number of hours flying on operations at night. One one occasion, in July 1943, he destroyed a Messerschmitt, while one night in August 1943, he destroyed two Dornier 217s. During the latter combat his own aircraft was badly damaged but displaying great skill and determination he flew it to an airfield near the coast. Wing Commander Park is a highly efficient squadron commander who has displayed rare keenness and devotion to duty"
Son of Thomas and Kathleen Gertrude (nee Stephens) Park. Husband of Joan Mary Park, of Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa.
