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submitted by Peter Makarthis on 25.04.2009

Lest We Forget - Flying Officer William Gengos RAAF.

William Gengos, born Inverell October 1916 the son of Vassilios and Calliope, Gengos died in the Tobruk area on 12 August 1942.

Flying Officer William Gengos was the co-pilot of a Wellington Bomber - AD629 - set out from Kabrit Airfield Egypt on a bombing mission over Tobruk Libya. The aircraft was lost on the mission. The aircraft and crew were never found.

William Gengos Memorials are located on his fathers headstone in Moree Cemetery (see under Gravestones) and the Moree War Memorial.

Flying Officer William Gengos is commemorated at the Alamein Memorial and in the Commemorative Area of the Australian War Canberra ACT

Rest in Peace

researched
Peter McCarthy
Inverell
Anzac Day 2009

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