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The Airmen's Stories - P/O G F C Pledger

 

Geoffrey Frank Colman Pledger, of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex joined the RAF in May 1940 with a Direct-Entry commission as an Air Gunner. With training completed he joined 141 Squadron at Turnhouse in June 1940. He teamed up with Flying Officer DC Williams and they flew together until they were both killed on 4th April 1941, circumstances currently unknown.

Pledger was 35.

He is buried in Sutton Road Cemetery, Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

 

Pledger is shown above (left) with his pilot Dennis Williams

 


 



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