{"id":364,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=364"},"modified":"2023-05-10T10:57:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T10:57:53","slug":"dvorjetz-george-arthur","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/dvorjetz-george-arthur\/","title":{"rendered":"Dvorjetz, George Arthur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">George Arthur Dvorjetz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Observer, 18 (Burma) Squadron<br>Service number 905235<br>Died 16 July 1941<br>Buried Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery, Netherlands<br>Age 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Headstone Inscription<br>&#8216;BELOVED SON AND BROTHER. TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE&#8217;<\/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>George was born on 31 March 1916 in Ealing, Middlesex to Polish born parents Jacob and Rachel n\u00e9e Silbermann and had an older brother Samuel and younger sister Nora. Jacob worked as a timber merchant and was a member of the Freemasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>George attended Brighton College between 1929 and 1932 where he was a prefect in Bristol House and won an exhibition. After finishing school he became a cinema manager and also served in the Civil Air Guard obtaining his pilot&#8217;s licence in 1938. He enlisted in October 1939 and although he was qualified to fly he was trained as an observer.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>George was the observer on Blenheim V6267 which departed RAF Horsham St Faith on a low level operation to attack shipping at Rotterdam. The aircraft was hit by flak and the pilot attempted to land in a park and eye-witnesses reported seeing the aircraft, over Rotterdam with the port engine on fire. The park was full of children and the aircraft then pulled up to avoid them and the aircraft\u2019s wingtip hit the Courthouse and plunged into the bank of the Noordsingel canal killing all three crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pilot, Wing Commander Thomas Noel Partridge, 37574<br>W\/Op, John Oscar Noel Smith, DFM,  550971 <\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"868\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dvorjetz1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dvorjetz1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dvorjetz1-250x362.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dvorjetz1-120x174.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/George-HS-700x933.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/George-HS-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/George-HS-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/George-HS-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/George-HS-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/George-HS-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/George-HS-120x160.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/George-HS-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/george-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12823\" width=\"401\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/george-photo.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/george-photo-250x322.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/george-photo-120x154.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Courtesy Brighton College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Blenheim-700x516.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Blenheim-700x516.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Blenheim-250x184.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Blenheim-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Blenheim-120x89.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Blenheim.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1939-1941. (C 1951) Low-level oblique aerial photograph taken during a major daylight raid on the docks at Rotterdam, Holland, by Bristol Blenheim Mark IVs of No. 2 Group. The Commanding Officer of No. 18 Squadron RAF, Wing Commander T Partridge, in Bristol Blenheim Mark IV, V6267 &#8216;WV-M&#8217;, leads the second wave of the attack in at low level toward the docks, seen on the skyline. Moments later he was shot down by anti-&#8230; Copyright: \u00a9 IWM. Original Source: http:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/collections\/item\/object\/205211308<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"George Arthur Dvorjetz Observer, 18 (Burma) SquadronService number 905235Died 16 July 1941Buried Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery, NetherlandsAge 25 Headstone Inscription&#8216;BELOVED SON AND BROTHER. 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