F/Lt George G Earp - 130 (Punjab) Squadron - seeking confirmation of his date of birth

[Allan125]

Can anyone assist please - I have received this message from Peter Monasso and cannot help with the information required myself.

"Just came across a Dec 2004 discussion reg. 2nd March 1945 / JG27 versus Spits XIV Rheine the fight resulted a.o. in the loss of RM750 of F/Lt George G. EARP 130 Sqdn. A German report says an allied Airman was captured not far from his belly landed plane near Umberg a few Miles s.w. of Coesfeld on 2nd March 1945 at about 08:40 hrs AM. The report doesn’t mentions as usual his name only his Birthday: 10 September 1918. If this is Earp’s Birthday he was the one who was captured but MOD refuses to confirm his Birthday to me for the strict privacy rules as you know which are very helpful. Do you know any way to find out when George G. Earp was born ?
Thank you
Kind Regards,
Peter Monasso"

Many thanks - in anticipation

Allan

[Tom Semenza]

Allan,

The pilot's name is actually Godfrey George Earp per The London Gazette, service number 131795. According to the FreeBMD website he was born in the third quarter of 1918 at Runcorn, Cheshire. Unfortunately no exact dates of birth are listed on this site. However I'd say that the evidence looks strong that the date listed on the German records is a bingo.

Regards,
Tom

[wwrsimon]

Allan

The Civil Registration Death Index for England and Wales on ancestry.co.uk confirms that he was born on September 10th 1918. His death was registered in Garstang, Lancs, in January 1998.

Regards

Simon

[Allan125]

Thanks Tom and Simon for the quick reply to Peter's request.

Cheers

Allan