{"id":304,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=304"},"modified":"2021-03-30T10:54:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T10:54:14","slug":"cobden-gerald","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/cobden-gerald\/","title":{"rendered":"Cobden, Gerald"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Gerald Cobden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Observer, 150 Squadron<br>Service number 984803<br>Died 27 June 1942<br>Commemorated on Runnymede Memorial<br>Age 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\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>Gerald (Gerry) was born on 7 March 1918 in Leeds, Yorkshire to Russian born Israel and Edith n\u00e9e Hyman and had one brother Maurice. Gerry and his father both  worked as tailors and Maurice was a medical student. Their mother Edith died in March 1942 three months before Gerry&#8217;s death.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gerry was the observer in Wellington X3309 which departed from RAF Snaith on a night operation to Bremen. The aircraft was lost without trace. The other four crew who died were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F\/E, Desire Ernest Charles Adams, 1377699.<br>W\/Op A\/G, Leslie Richard Dye, 1283349.<br>W\/O, Iestyn James, 1381676. <br>Pilot, Derek Oscar Osborne, 64303.<\/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=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/page-logo-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/page-logo-6.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/page-logo-6-250x206.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/page-logo-6-120x99.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"39\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/COBDEN-Gerry.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/COBDEN-Gerry.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/COBDEN-Gerry-250x16.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/COBDEN-Gerry-120x8.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gerald Cobden Observer, 150 SquadronService number 984803Died 27 June 1942Commemorated on Runnymede MemorialAge 24 Gerald (Gerry) was born on 7 March 1918 in Leeds, Yorkshire to Russian born Israel and Edith n\u00e9e Hyman and had one brother Maurice. 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