{"id":522,"date":"2019-10-25T07:52:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T07:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=522"},"modified":"2021-05-04T09:27:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T09:27:58","slug":"klusky-gerald","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/klusky-gerald\/","title":{"rendered":"Klusky, Gerald"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Gerald Klusky<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Wireless Operator\/Air Gunner, 214 (Federated Malay States) Squadron<br>Service number 915976<br>Died 29 August 1941<br>Buried Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery, Netherlands<br>Age 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Headstone Inscription<br>&#8216;A DAILY GRIEF AND AN EVERLASTING SORROW. SO LOVED BY HIS MUM, DAD AND FAMILY&#8217;<\/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 was born on 3 February 1916 in Mile End, London to Jack and Leah n\u00e9e Alexander. The family changed their surname to Clayden post war. In 1939, the family were living at 11 Neasden Lane, Willesden and Gerald was working as an optician.   Gerald had an older brother Lionel who married Myra Landau and a younger sister Ethel who married Jack Drake. Gerald&#8217;s brother Lionel served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in Malta and on his return became a GP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gerald was the wireless operator on Wellington R1604 which departed RAF Stradishall on an operation to Mannheim. The aircraft crashed at Sint Annaland, Tholen, Holland. During 1972 the Royal Netherlands Air Force excavated wreckage from this bomber after which it was suggested its demise may have been caused by a lightning strike. The crew rests at Vlissingen cemetery:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sgt E W Foxlee RCAF (KIA)<br>Sgt J H Williamson (KIA)<br>Sgt J E Jerrard (KIA)<br>Sgt G Klusky (KIA)<br>Sgt E Halestrap (KIA)<br>Sgt K Morris (KIA)\n\n<\/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=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gerald-Klusky-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gerald-Klusky-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gerald-Klusky-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gerald-Klusky-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gerald-Klusky-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Gerald-Klusky.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"1069\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Klusky-original-headstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Klusky-original-headstone.jpg 679w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Klusky-original-headstone-250x394.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Klusky-original-headstone-120x189.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><figcaption>Original headstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gerald Klusky Wireless Operator\/Air Gunner, 214 (Federated Malay States) SquadronService number 915976Died 29 August 1941Buried Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery, NetherlandsAge 25 Headstone Inscription&#8216;A DAILY GRIEF AND AN EVERLASTING SORROW. 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