The DT 22/04/43 reported that LAC Fox was training to be a navigator at RCAF-Regina, SK when he was in Dresden to visit his grandmother Mrs. James Fox of Dresden. The article went on to say he “hoped to be a navigator of a bomber before this thing is over?, The DT 8/07/43 reported that his grandmother Mrs. James Fox had received from Gerald that he had passed his mid-term exams and was second in a class of 25 with a 90% average. He was stationed at RCAF-Edmonton for this training.

Graduated as a navigator at # 2 Air Observer School in Edmonton, commissioned after graduation. Reported missing December 29th, 1944 after-air operations over France.

F/O Fox graduated at No. 2 Air Observer school in Edmonton and was commissioned shortly afterwards. He had been overseas for over a year when he was killed.  The CDN 28/09/43 reported that Gerald had been promoted to Pilot Officer along with two others from Chatham-Kent.

Date of Death: 29/12/1944, in Lancaster bomber # PB 525 ; Pathfinder: Scholven/Buer, Germany, aircraft failed to return.

Reported MIA in January of 1945 was officially presumed dead 29/11/1945 by RCAF Headquarters. CDN 29/11/45(P).

He is survived by a brother Charles L. Fox serving in the Canadian army.

Age: 21, KIA – Date of Death: 29/12/1944, in Lancaster bomber # PB 525 ; Pathfinder: Scholven / Buer, Germany, aircraft failed to return. He is survived by a brother Charles L. Fox serving in the Canadian army.

Memorial – Flying Officer Gerald Gordon Fox is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens.

 

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Awards	C.V.S.M. with Clasp, Defence of Britain Medal
Sources	Dresden Roll of Honour., Index of Overseas Deaths, TSNGO,, CM-IODE(P), CDN, Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, CVWM, Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 246.
Supplemental Information	Born in Chatham the son of Gordon and Refa Fox, of Dresden, Ontario, Canada. Gerald attended school in Dresden. Prior to the war he was employed at the Chatham branch of the Royal Bank. Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 246. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL.

Age	19
Birthplace	Born- May 18th, 1923
When Enlisted	1942
Next of Kin	Parents- Mr. Gordon & Refa (Johnson) Fox

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