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Goronwy Bassett[1]

Male 1911 - 1945  (~ 33 years)


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  • Name Goronwy Bassett 
    Born June 1911  Llandilofawr, District, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died April 23, 1945  Lake Mjosa in Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Goronwy Amman Bassett, Flight Sergeant, 930637, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Goronwy was the Son of Evan & May Bassett of Ammanford, and the husband of Georgia Mary Bassett, of West Cross, Swansea. He served with 644 Squadron, RAVR, which flew the Halifax Heavy Bomber. Goronwy flew among the crew of Pilot Alex Trunbull which had successfully taken part in ten bombing missions over occupied Europe by the time of their last flight on the night of the 23rd April, 1945. The crew were part of a force which had been sent from RAF Tarrant Rushton to drop supplies to the Norwegian Resistance, and were on the return leg of their mission on the morning of the 24th April, 1945 when they were hit by anti-aircraft fire. The Halifax lost power from two of its engines due to one of the shells hitting its fuel tank, and crash-landed into Lake Mjosa in Norway. The entire crew bar one perished. Goronwy was 34 years old, and is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. Four of his fellow crewmen are buried at Lillehammer. The aeroplane was recovered from the lake in the 1980’s, and moved to Canada, where it has undergone restoration. It is no on display at the RCAF museum at Trenton, Canada.
    Person ID P13  350B John Bassett of Languicke, Wales
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2012 

    Father Evan Daniel Bassett,   b. September 1881, Llanguick,Glamorgan, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Mary H. 
    Relationship Natural 
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Georgia Mary Chapman 
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    1. Death in WWll airplane crash, April 23, 1945.
      Goronwy Amman Bassett, Flight Sergeant, 930637, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Goronwy was the Son of Evan & May Bassett of Ammanford, and the husband of Georgia Mary Bassett, of West Cross, Swansea. He served with 644 Squadron, RAVR, which flew the Halifax Heavy Bomber. Goronwy flew among the crew of Pilot Alex Trunbull which had successfully taken part in ten bombing missions over occupied Europe by the time of their last flight on the night of the 23rd April, 1945. The crew were part of a force which had been sent from RAF Tarrant Rushton to drop supplies to the Norwegian Resistance, and were on the return leg of their mission on the morning of the 24th April, 1945 when they were hit by anti-aircraft fire. The Halifax lost power from two of its engines due to one of the shells hitting its fuel tank, and crash-landed into Lake Mjosa in Norway. The entire crew bar one perished. Goronwy was 34 years old, and is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. Four of his fellow crewmen are buried at Lillehammer. The aeroplane was recovered from the lake in the 1980’s, and moved to Canada, where it has undergone restoration. It is no on display at the RCAF museum at Trenton, Canada.