Cemetery: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
Country: France
Area: Pas De Calais
Rank: Squadron Leader (Pilot)
Force: Royal Air Force
Official Number: 37383
Unit: 59 Sqdn.
Country of Service: British
Details: G C 9th May 1941. Age 27. Husband of Pamela Yvonne Close. Plot 13. Row A. Coll. grave 5-7. The following details were given in "Flight" of December 30th 1937 in connection with the Waziristan operations:-" For Galiantry."- P/O. G. C. N. Close R.A.F. was duty pilot on the Miranshah aerodrome when an aircraft laden with bombs crashed and burst into flames. This officer, despite the explosion of a bomb and small arms ammunition, made persistent attempts to extinguish the flames and rescue the crew, until stopped by a superior officer.
Photograph by Martin Harvey / David Milborrow