Canada, Commonwealth. A Memorial Cross to Sgt. McKenna, QOR, KIA 1944 Newly Listed Gerhold was one of 23

Gerhold was one of 23 pilots of human torpedoes called “Neger”

he flew with the 33 IAP (33rd Fighter Aviation Regiment)

(Some sources state September 11 instead

exhibiting tattered edges and tearing

(Eichenlaub und Schwertern zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Canada, Commonwealth. A Memorial Cross to Sgt. McKenna, QOR, KIA 1944 Newly Listed Gerhold was one of 23In silver, reverse engraved B. 63637 SGT. R. P. McKENNA, marked LACKIE STERLING on the reverse 6 oclock arm, no ribbon, light wear, very fine. Footnote: Robert Patrick McKenna was born on June 7, 1914 in Toronto, Ontario. He was employed as a travelling salesman for Beatty Bros in Fergus, Ontario, with several years experience with the Queens Own Rifles of Canada (as of 1936). McKenna enlisted on June 12, 1940. He travelled to Halifax, to Scotland,