{"id":259,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=259"},"modified":"2023-01-26T07:02:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T07:02:57","slug":"berger-david","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/berger-david\/","title":{"rendered":"Berger, David"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">David Berger<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Navigator, 142 Squadron<br>Service number 1257361<br>Died 22 July 1942<br>Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial<br>Age 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>David was born on 27 September 1916 in Mile End, London to Polish born parents John and Rebecca n\u00e9e Schaeferbloom and had two sisters Helen and Lily who were also born in Warsaw. In 1921, the family lived in Brighton where John worked as a jeweller. By 1939, the family had moved to London and David is listed on the 1939 Register as living with his mother, sisters and their husbands at 23 Middlesex Street in the City of London. He is listed as a millinery ledger clerk in the family millinery shop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David was the navigator on Wellington Z1408 which took off from RAF Grimsby at 23.59 on a night operation to Duisburg. The aircraft was lost without trace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crew were:<br>Pilot, Flt Sgt Ronald Vandersteen <br>Nav, Sgt David Berger<br>W\/Op\/AG, Sgt Norman Wilfred Dawkins<br>W\/Op\/AG, Sgt Richard Arthur Evans <br>A\/G, Sgt Robert Kenneth McGrath RCAF  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tna_r39_0004_0004b_003-700x848.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tna_r39_0004_0004b_003-700x848.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tna_r39_0004_0004b_003-250x303.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tna_r39_0004_0004b_003-768x930.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tna_r39_0004_0004b_003-1268x1536.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tna_r39_0004_0004b_003-1690x2048.jpg 1690w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tna_r39_0004_0004b_003-120x145.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1939 Register<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GBC_1921_RG15_04926_0689-700x326.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GBC_1921_RG15_04926_0689-700x326.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GBC_1921_RG15_04926_0689-250x116.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GBC_1921_RG15_04926_0689-768x357.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GBC_1921_RG15_04926_0689-1536x715.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GBC_1921_RG15_04926_0689-2048x953.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GBC_1921_RG15_04926_0689-120x56.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1921 Census<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Berger Navigator, 142 SquadronService number 1257361Died 22 July 1942Commemorated on Runnymede MemorialAge 25 David was born on 27 September 1916 in Mile End, London to Polish born parents John and Rebecca n\u00e9e Schaeferbloom and had two sisters Helen and Lily who were also born in Warsaw. 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