{"id":5337,"date":"2020-09-09T13:47:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T13:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=5337"},"modified":"2021-06-27T10:10:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T10:10:47","slug":"hazan-gaston","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/hazan-gaston\/","title":{"rendered":"Hazan, Gaston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Gaston Hazan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Sergeant, 39 Squadron<br>Service number 1006775<br>Died 23 Jun 1942<br>Commemorated on Alamein Memorial, Egypt<br>Age 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-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>Gaston known as Tony was born in January 1920 in Ormskirk, Lancashire to Lazare who was born in Beirut and Lilian nee Btesh whose parents were born in Syria and he had five siblings. Their father Lazare was a merchant who travelled regularly to Morocco and Gibraltar on business. The family attended the Withington Synagogue for Spanish and Portuguese Jews where Tony is commemorated on their Memorial Board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tony enlisted early in the war and after training joined 39 Squadron. He was on board Beaufort W6518 which departed from Malta at 19.14 on an operation to attack an enemy convoy. The aircraft was hit by flak and crashed into the Ionian Sea killing three of the crew who are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gerard John Kerrigan, 581041<br>Vincent Owen Weston, 755476<br>Pilot, Sergeant B Guy became a prisoner of war.<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/13a_-_tony2_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10177\" width=\"364\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/13a_-_tony2_large.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/13a_-_tony2_large-250x407.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/13a_-_tony2_large-120x195.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/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\/Hazan-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12540\" width=\"364\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hazan-1.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hazan-1-120x199.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/\u00a9-WMR-43953-700x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/\u00a9-WMR-43953-700x477.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/\u00a9-WMR-43953-250x170.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/\u00a9-WMR-43953-120x82.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/\u00a9-WMR-43953.jpg 769w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>Memorial at Withington Synagogue \u00a9 WMR-43953<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\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\/06\/Hazan-death-700x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hazan-death-700x576.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hazan-death-250x206.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hazan-death-768x632.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hazan-death-120x99.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Hazan-death.jpg 1438w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>39 Squadron O.R.B. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gaston Hazan Sergeant, 39 SquadronService number 1006775Died 23 Jun 1942Commemorated on Alamein Memorial, EgyptAge 22 Gaston known as Tony was born in January 1920 in Ormskirk, Lancashire to Lazare who was born in Beirut and Lilian nee Btesh whose parents were born in Syria and he had five siblings. 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