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NOTE ON DATES: IMPORTANT: For consistency, the Date is given as the date the mission TOOK OFF since the precise time of a loss is not always certain. Take Off date is unambigous and fixed in the official records, but obviously in those cases where the incident occurred before midnight UK time, then the Take Off Date will be the same as the Incident Date. Of course, most Bomber Command missions flew through midnight, therefore a Luftwaffe claim against a plane - or a locally generated crash report - may record the incident as occurring on the day following our Take Off Date. Bear this in mind when cross-referencing to our Luftwaffe Victories by Name/Date Database and other Luftwaffe sources. In some cases other sources may quote the date following our date, using locally generated reports as their source. To add to the potential for confusion, remember to take into account a Luftwaffe recorded date will be in local time, 1 hour ahead of UK time. When we discover a validated Incident Date we change our record if necessary.



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#Name* SORT (↑)First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See Note SORT (↑)AircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1 GimsonPeter Geoffrey CharlesF/O60764Age 23BritishPilotRAFVR1 PRU1942-04-10SpitfirePhoto recceAB30706:00Photo recce TirpitzAttacked by 2 Bf 109sKilledTRONDHEIM (STAVNE) CEMETERY A IV British. K. 7.
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Mr. Magnar G Huseby witnessed the crash as a boy 13 years of age. Every 17th. May he paid a visit to Gimson's grave at Stavne until he passed away in 2011.		This unarmed photo recce Spitfire took off from Wick, Scotland at 06:00 F/O Peter Geoffrey Charles Gimson (23) was on a reconnaissance sortie on Tirpitz when he was attacked by two Messerschmitts of JG 5. He was shot down by Oblt. Herbert Huppertz at 19.45. Gimson bailed out, but his parachute failed to open properly and he lost his life. Tragically this was Gimson's first sortie over the Trondheim area. Magnar G Huseby witnessed the crash as a boy 13 years of age. Every 17th. May he paid a visit to Gimson's grave at Stavne until he passed away in 2011. 9. Staffel of JG 5 was based at Lade in Trondheim. Their task was to protect Tirpitz in Fættenfjord. They were responsible for many of the PRU's April losses.

Son of Geoffrey Spencer and Mary Evelyn Gimson, of Leicester. Epitaph: THE BELOVED ONLY SON OF EVELINE AND GEOFFREY SPENCER GIMSON OF LEICESTER, ENGLAND		Local History
2 GimsonErnest WilliamFlight Sergeant541685Age 25DFM & Bar

RAF69Sqn1941-06-26KilledMalta, Malta Memorial, Panel 1, Column 2.Son Of Ernest Reynolds Gimson And Gladys Hilda Gimson, Of Pendle Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
3 GimsonPeter Geoffrey CharlesFlying Officer60764Age 23RAFVRPhotographic Reconnaissance Unit.1942-04-10KilledNorway, Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery, A Iv British. K. 7.Son Of Geoffrey Spencer And Mary Evelyn Gimson, Of Leicester.

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