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| JACKLIN |
John
Francis |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 404853, 221 Squadron, Royal Australian
Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying
out of LG 89, Egypt, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number
Z8712, when the aircraft was lost without trace during an anti-shipping
patrol off Sicily, 9 May 1942. Aged 21. Native of Kulpi, Queensland,
Australia. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Jacklin, of Kulpi, Queensland,
Australia; husband of Dolores Helena Jacklin, of Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada. Panel 5, Column 2. |
| JACKMAN |
Edward
Charles George |
Flight
Sergeant 521691, 204 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Bathurst, Gambia,
in a Short Sunderland I, serial number L2158, when the aircraft
crashed in a forced landing off Gambia during a convoy escort,
five of the crew survived, 17 August 1942. Panel 3, Column 2. |
| JACKSON |
Donald
Herbert |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1320939, 614 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Celone, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, when the aircraft
was lost during a raid on marshalling yards at Sofia, Bulgaria,
16 March 1944. Aged 23. Son of Herbert and Agnes Rebecca Jackson,
of Sanderstead, Surrey. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| JACKSON |
Geoffrey
Francis |
Squadron
Leader (Pilot) 400414, 221 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Shallufa,
Egypt, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number HX646, when the
aircraft was shot down by a fighter into the sea south of Sicily
during an anti-shipping sortie, one of the crew survived and was
captured, 23 January 1943. Aged 27. Native of East Malvern, Victoria,
Australia. Son of Francis Charles and Mabel Jackson, of East Malvern,
Victoria, Australia. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| JACQUES-HOUSSA |
Paul
Leon Lambert |
Lieutenant
(Navigator) 205632V, 60 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Sabratha,
Libya, in a de Havilland Mosquito II, serial number DD744, when
the aircraft was lost on patrol 27 July 1943. Panel 12, Column
1. |
| JAMES |
Alan
Albert |
Sergeant
1608182, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial number KK354, when
the aircraft was shot down by flak over Trieste, 6 March 1945.
Aged 20. Native of Chelsfield, Kent. Son of Albert George and
Dorothy Elizabeth James, of Chelsfield, Kent. Panel 18, Column
2. |
| JAMES |
Francis
Gerald |
Flying
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) J/9494, 69 Squadron, Royal
Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action
flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial
number HF883, when the aircraft was lost without trace during
a reconnaissance sortie to the Punta Stilo area of Calabria, Italy,
10 November 1942. Aged 23. Native of Dryden, Ontario, Canada.
Son of Francis A. and Mabel H. James, of Dryden, Ontario, Canada.
Panel 4, Column 1. |
| JAMIESON |
Carl
Elwood |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/64923, 221 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number
HX626, when the aircraft was lost without trace during an anti-shipping
patrol between Marsala and Palermo, 27 February 1943. Aged 24.
Native of Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John
A. Jamieson, of Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada. Panel 11, Column
2. |
| JAMIESON |
James
Edward |
Sergeant
(Observer) R/65791, 15 Operational Training Unit, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Harwell, Oxon, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number
Z8730, when the aircraft crashed into the sea during a delivery
flight from Malta to Egypt on behalf of the Overseas Aircraft
Delivery Unit (O.A.D.U.), 1 July 1941. Native of Canso, Nova Scotia,
Canada. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| JANNEY |
Harold |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 406396, 1 Oversea A/C Despatch Unit, Royal Australian
Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying
out of Portreath, Cornwall, in a Bristol Blenheim IV, serial number
Z9832, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a delivery
flight from Luqa, Malta to Egypt 30 March 1942. Aged 24. Native
of Cottesloe, Western Australia. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Janney,
of Cottesloe, Western Australia. Panel 5, Column 2. |
| JARRATT |
Charles
Raymond |
Warrant
Officer 1165202, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Tortorella, Italy, in a Consolidated Liberator BVI, serial
number KL361, when the aircraft was lost during a raid on marshalling
yards at Novska about 50 miles southeast of Zagreb, Yugoslavia,
3 April 1945. Aged 23. Native of Goring-by-Sea, Sussex. Son of
Charles William and Amelia May Jarratt, of Goring-by-Sea, Sussex.
Panel 18, Column 1. |
| JARVIS |
John
Dennis |
Flight
Sergeant 591921, 178 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Amendola, Italy,
in a Consolidated Liberator EW160, when the aircrfat was lost
during a low-level supply drop to the Polish Home Army during
the Warsaw Uprising 28 August 1944. Aged 21. Native of Whitton,
Middlesex. Son of Frank and Lilian Jarvis; husband of Barbara
Denise Jarvis, of Whitton, Middlesex. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| JARVIS |
Ronald
Edward |
Corporal
565054, (serving in H.M.S. Illustrious)., Royal Air Force. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action at sea when the aircraft
carrier H.M.S. Illustrious was damaged during an enemy air raid
when escorting a convoy east of Sicily 10 January 1941. Aged 27.
Native of Portsmouth, Hampshire. Son of William James Jarvis and
Beatrice Jarvis, of Portsmouth. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| JAY |
David
Joseph |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) J/6996, 248 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Ta Kali,
Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIC, serial number T5101, when
the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109 while on a convoy patrol
during Operation Pedestal, the observer survived, 13 August 1942.
Aged 22. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.). Native
of The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.A. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Jay, of The Bronx, New York City, U.S.A. B.A. (New York).
Panel 4, Column 2. |
| JAY |
Walter
Edward |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 425397, 614 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air
Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action flying
out of Amendola, Italy, in a de Havilland Mosquito B25, serial
number KB531, when the aircraft spun into the sea 30 miles east
of Valletta due to an engine failure during a transit flight to
Malta 25 June 1945. Aged 20. Native of Whangarei, Auckland, New
Zealand. Son of Thomas Charles and Mildred Beatrice Jay, of Whangarei,
Auckland, New Zealand. Panel 19. |
| JEAVONS |
Samuel
Desmond |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator) 1579202, 37 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Tortorella, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
LN641, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on an aircraft factory at Steyr 19 miles south-east of Linz, Austria,
24 February 1944. Birth registered in the October-December Quarter
1921, in Dudley Registration District, Staffordshire (mother's
maiden name Meyes). Panel 15, Column 1. |
| JEFFARES |
Brian
Charlton |
 Pilot
Officer (Pilot) NZ416499, 37 (R.A.F.) Squadron, Royal New Zealand
Air Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed in action
flying out of Tortorella, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X,
serial number ME880, when the aircraft crashed near Gospic,
Croatia due to battle damage when returning from a raid on Maribor,
the rest of the crew survived, 21 October 1944. Aged 21. Native
of Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. Son of Benjamin and Ruth
Amy Jeffares, of Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. Panel 17,
Column 1.
Biography:
| 416499 |
Pilot
Officer Brian Charlton |
JEFFARES. |
| Parents: |
Mr.
and Mrs B. Jeffares of |
STRATFORD. |
Brian
Jeffares was born at Stratford on the 27th October 1922. He
received his secondary education at Stratford Technical High
School, passing the matriculation in 1938. He played football,
Tennis and swimming. His civilian occupation was that of a
clerk in the Social Security Dept., New Plymouth, when in
May 1941 he applied for war service in the Royal New Zealand
Air Force.
Pilot Officer Jeffares was enlisted in aircrew on the 29th
November 1941 at the Ground Training School, Levin, and was
posted on the 10th January 1942 to No.2 Elementary Flying
Training School, Bell Block, where he commenced his flying
training. He proceeded on the 8th March 1942 to No.1 Service
Flying Training School, Wigram. Here on the 5th May 1942 he
was awarded his flying badge. He was promoted to sergeant
on the 11th July 1942, to flight sergeant on the 15th May1943
to warrant officer on the 15th May 1944, and commissioned
in the rank of pilot officer on the 28th May 1944. Meanwhile,
on the 20th July 1942 he had embarked for the United Kingdom.
Pilot Officer Jeffares arrived at No.3 Personnel Reception
Centre, Bournemouth, on the 1st September 1942, and posted
on the 25th September to No.6 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit,
Little Rissington, Gloucestershire. Early in November his
training here was interrupted while he attended an instrument
flying course with No.1517 Beam Approach Training Flight,
Wattisham, Suffolk. At the conclusion of this course he resumed
his training with the Advanced Flying Unit, now at Windrush,
Oxfordshire. He proceeded on the 23rd December 1942 to No.21
Operational Training Unit, first at Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire,
and later at Edgehill, Oxfordshire. With this unit he crewed-up
and completed his training on Wellington bomber aircraft.
On the 28th March 1943 as pilot of a Wellington bomber Pilot
Officer Jeffares left England on posting to No.40 Squadron,
Gadabia, Libya.
The journey was made with Halts at Gibralta and Castel Benito,
Libya. Gadabia was reached on the 1st April 1943 after a journey
of seventeen hours thirty minutes flying. This journey by
air counted as two operational flights. On arrival at Gadabia,
Pilot Officer Jeffares reported to No. 40 Squadron, and with
this squadron as captain of a Wellington bomber, Pilot Officer
Jeffares took part in forty-one operational flights bringing
his total of forty-three. These operations included attacks
on Sfax (3), Tunis, Soliman and Narbeul in Tunisia, Messina
(2), Sciacca, Trapani and Gerbini in Sicily; Naples, Pantellaria,
San Giovanni (2), Montecorvino, Aquino, Viterbo, Torre Annunciata
(2), Bagnuli, Aversa, Grazzanise, Battapangia, and Leghorn
in Italy, and Bastia in Corsica.
His tour of operations concluded, Pilot Officer Jeffares was
posted on the 15th January 1944 to No.77 Operation Training
Unit, Qastina, Palestine, for duty as an instructor. On the
6th August 1944 he was posted to No.37 Squadron, Calopachino,
Italy, and resumed operational flying. With this squadron
he took part in a further twenty-one operational flights bringing
his total to sixty four.
These-twenty one operations comprised attacks on Valence and
the docks at Marseilles in France, the mashalling yards at
Vinkovci and eight other targets in Yugoslavia; the oil refineries
at Ploesti, Rumania; Hiskolc, oil refineries at Szony and
marshalling yards at Szekesfeheryar in Hungary; marshalling
yards at Bologna (2), Ravenna (2), Verona and Trieste, enemy
troops at Pesaro and Rimini and docks at Ravenna in Italy;
and Eulsis (2) and Salonika in Greece. He also carried out
a sortie minelaying in the Danube.
Pilot Officer Jeffares was captain of a Wellington bomber
which took off on the 21st October 1944 to attack the marshalling
yards at Maribor, Yugoslavia. The aircraft failed to return
to its base and all members of the crew including Pilot Officer
Jeffares were classified as missing.
A member of the crew, Pilot Officer Ayton, a fellow New Zealander,
who was taken prisoner stated on his return, after the termination
of hostilities ,that when he baled out Pilot Officer Jeffares
was alright, but after he left the aircraft he heard an explosion.
Pilot Officer Ayton baled out at 7000ft in the locality of
Gospi in Croatia, Yugoslavia. The aircraft was then badly
damaged, one engine being on fire, and there was approximately
three feet off the tail plane.
In due course Pilot Officer Jeffares was officially presumed
to have lost his life on the 21st October 1944, as the result
of Air Operations.
5/2/10377
A.S.2.
859 hours as pilot. |
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Mr.B.Jeffares
(F),
2 Pembroke Rd,
Stratford,
TARANAKI. |
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| JEFFRIES |
Samuel |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Air Gunner) R/90733, 104 Squadron, Royal Canadian
Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Vickers Wellington Ic, serial number
Z8908, when the aircraft was shot down by a Ju88 night fighter
during a raid on Tunis docks 28 December 1942. Aged 19. Native
of Chapleau, Ontario, Canada. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jeffries.
Panel 4, Column 2. |
| JELLIS |
Sydney
Gordon |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 1188062, 14 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in actionflying
out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Martin Marauder IA, serial number
FK363, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a shipping
strike between the north of Corsica and the eastern coast of Sardinia
27 June 1943. Aged 29. Native of Stapleford, Cambridgeshire. Son
of Lewis Fortescue Jellis and Phyllis Ivy Jellis, of Stapleford,
Cambridgeshire. Panel 7, Column 2. See also Stapleford,
Cambridgeshire |
| JEMMETT |
Francis
Charles Martineau |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/10144, 69 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire PRIV, serial number VS359, when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a photo reconnaissance
sortie to Catania, Naples and Messina 15 November 1942. Aged 20.
Native of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Son of Douglas Mill Jemmett
and Maud Martineau Jemmett, of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Panel
4, Column 1. |
| JENKINS |
Arthur
Douglas Charles |
Pilot
Officer 122135, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve seconded as
a 2nd Officer to British Overseas Airways Corporation. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying with British
Airways 14 September 1942. Aged 24. Native of Tolworth, Surbiton,
Surrey. Son of Arthur H. W. Jenkins and Dorothy K. Jenkins, of
Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey. Panel 3, Column 1. |
| JENKINS |
David
Geraint Lloyd |
Flight
Sergeant 1381468, 256 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Luqa, Malta, in a de Havilland Mosquito NFXII, serial number
HK133, when the aircraft was lost during a night patrol 26 July
1943. Aged 22. Native of New Tredegar, Monmouthshire. Son of Gomer
and Annie Jenkins, of New Tredegar, Monmouthshire. Panel 7, Column
2. |
| JENKINS |
Douglas
Henry |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 968859, 233 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Gibraltar, in a Lockheed Hudson III, serial number AE591, when
the aircraft was shot down by return fire during an attack on
the U-boat U-565 south of the Balearic islands 1 November 1942.
Aged 24. Native of Bude, Cornwall. Son of William E. and Laura
M. Jenkins; husband of Josephine M. Jenkins, of Bude, Cornwall.
Panel 4, Column 1. |
| JENKINS |
Francis
Surrage |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/95049, 458 Squadron,
Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada. Killed in
action flying out of Shallufa, Egypt, in a Vickers Wellington
VIII, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a shipping
strike in the Mediterranean 25 February 1943. Aged 23. Native
of Shoal Lake, Manitoba, Canada. Son of W. A. and Margaret Jenkins,
of Shoal Lake, Manitoba, Canada. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| JENKINS |
Stanley
Percival |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 918081, 81 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Souk el Khemis, Tunisia, in a Supermarine Spitfire IX,
serial number EN119, when the aircraft was shot down by a Bf109
near Medjez el Bab southwest of Tunis 25 April 1943. Aged 29.
Resident of Barking, Essex. Son of David and Elizabeth Jenkins;
husband of Joan Jenkins, of Barking, Essex. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| JENKINSON |
Clifford |
Captain
(Pilot) 102396V, 16 Squadron, South African Air Force. Country
of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of Biferno,
Italy, in a Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial number NT998, when
his aircraft was hit by flak and crash landed near Dobova 8 February
1945. Aged 32. Native of Sea Point, Cape Province, South Africa.
Son of George H. P. and Lydia M. A. Jenkinson; husband of Anita
A. Jenkinson, of Sea Point, Cape Province, South Africa. Panel
19, Column 1. |
| JENKINSON |
Eric |
Sergeant
1131414, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Died based at Hani West, Tunisia, 1
November 1943. Aged 21. Native of Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Northern
Ireland. Son of Edward and Margaret Jenkinson, of Lurgan, Co.
Armagh, Northern Ireland. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| JENSEN |
Albrecht
Maxwell |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 406567, 142 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Blida,
Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington III, serial number DF691, when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on the docks
at Bizerta, Tunisia, possibly shot down near the target, 23 February
1943. Aged 21. Native of Mount Lawley, Western Australia. Son
of Albrecht Eiler Jensen and Gladys Ada Jensen, of Mount Lawley,
Western Australia. Panel 11, Column 1. |
| JENVEY |
Keith |
Sergeant
1605967, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Died based at Foggia Main, Italy, 22
July 1944. Aged 21. Native of Egham, Surrey. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
P. J. Jenvey, of Egham, Surrey. Panel 15, Column 1. |
| JICKLING |
Alaric |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) 118398, 13 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Canrobert, Algeria, in a Bristol Blenheim V, serial number
BA785, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid
on Bizerte docks, Tunisia, 18 December 1942. Aged 22. Mentioned
in Despatches (MiD). Native of Notting Hill, London. Son of the
Revd. Leonard Jickling, and of Muriel Jickling, of Notting Hill,
London. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| JOB |
Charles
William |
Sergeant
1398965, 38 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Foggia
Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington XIV, serial number NC590,
when the aircraft was lost without trace from an anti-shipping
sweep to the Gulf of Trieste in the Adriatic Sea 20 March 1945.
Panel 18, Column 2. |
| JOHNSON |
Arthur
William |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 1338492, 272 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Ta Kali, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIC, serial number
EL529, when the aircraft crashed 25 miles off Kalafrana, Malta
after running out of fuel, he baled out but was not recovered,
8 May 1943. Aged 20. Native of Dartford, Kent. Son of Arthur W.
and Alice J. Johnson, of Dartford, Kent. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| JOHNSON |
Carl
Lee |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 111235, 227 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufighter VIF, serial number
X8137, when the aircraft was shot down by return fire while attacking
an E-boat during an anti-shipping patrol between Siciliy and Tunisia
23 November 1942. Aged 32. Native of Banks, Oregon, U.S.A. Son
of Richard S. and Esta Johnson, of Banks, Oregon, U.S.A. Panel
2, Column 1. |
| JOHNSON |
Conrad
Ervin |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 406301, 1 Oversea A/C Despatch
Unit, Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia.
Killed in action flying out of Portreath, Cornwall, in a Bristol
Blenheim IV, serial number Z9832, when the aircraft was lost without
trace during a delivery flight from Luqa, Malta, to Egypt 30 March
1942. Aged 28. Native of Kalamunda, Western Australia. Son of
August, and Margaret Elizabeth Johnson, of Kalamunda, Western
Australia. Panel 5, Column 2. |
| JOHNSON |
Leslie
Herbert |
Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1333888, 458 Squadron, Royal Air
Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed
in action flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington
XIII, serial number HZ594, when the aircraft was shot down by
flak just off the coast near Bastia, Corsica during a shipping
reconnaissance off the western coasts of Sardinia and Corsica
22 July 1943. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| JOHNSON |
Richard
Kenneth Howard |
Wing
Commander (Pilot) 102084, 272 Squadron (Officer Commanding),
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United
Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of reconnaissance, in a
Bristol Beaufighter TFX, serial number NV570, when his aircraft
flew into the sea during a rocket projectile attack on a boat
in the Gulf of Trieste 31 January 1945. Aged 25. Awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.), Mentioned in Despatches
(MiD). Native of Belper, Derbyshire. Son of Howard and Annie
Lizzie Johnson, of Belper, Derbyshire. Panel 18, Column 1.
Extract
from Ripley and Heanor News - Friday 14 July 1944,
page 4:
D.F.C.
FOR BELPER
AIRMAN.
Son of the late Captain Howard Johnson. of Strutt Street.
Be. and of Mrs. Johnson, Acting Squadron Leader Richard Kenneth
Howard Johnson has been awarded the D.F.C.
As a flight commander, says the official citation, he- has
displayed exceptional leadership and devotion to duty. taking
part in many anti-shipping operations from Malta. On one occasion
he led an attack on an enemy destroyer and two motor vessels.
He also took part in a telling attack on the seaplane base
at Argostoli. Greece, where much damage was done, two Heinkels
were destroyed at anchor, and a Fiat was destroyed in the
air.
Extract
from Derby Evening Telegraph - Friday 7 July 1944,
page 5:
BELPER
AIRMAN
GETS D.F.C.
Son of the late Captain Howard Johnson, of Strutt-street,
Belper, and of Mrs. Johnson, Acting Squadron Leader Richard
Kenneth Howard Johnson has been awarded the D.F.C.
As a flight commander, says the official citation, he has
displayed exceptional leadership and devotion to duty, taking
part in Many anti-shipping operations from Malta. On one
occasion he led an attack on an enemy destroyer and two
motor vessels.
RAIDED SEAPLANE BASE
He also took part in a telling attack on the seaplane base
at Argostoli, Greece, where much damage was done, two Heinkels
were destroyed at anchor, and a Fiat was destroyed in the
air.
Acting Squadron Leader Johnson was born in Derby in 1918.
He enlisted for training as a pilot in 1938, was commissioned
in 1941, and mentioned in dispatches in January, 1942.
Extract
from Derby Evening Telegraph - Thursday, 14 March 1946,
page 5:
CHURCH
LAMP
AS MEMORIAL
A sanctuary lamp from a blitzed London church has been placed
in Christ Church, Belper, as a memorial to Wing Commander
Richard K. H. Johnson, who was killed while bombing German
shipping in the Adriatic in January, 1945, and to his father,
Captain Howard Johnson, who died in 1943.
The lamp is the gift of Mrs. Howard Johnson, of 5, Strutt-street,
Belper, and of her daughter, Mrs. T. E. Harrison, of Vicarage-lane,
Milford.
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| JOHNSON |
Robert
Cummin Ropson |
Sergeant
(Air Gunner) 1366007, 40 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
MF458, when the aircraft was shot down by flak during a minelaying
sortie to the Danube, exploded during an attempted ditching, 5
October 1944. Aged 29. Native of Ayr. Son of William George and
Catherine Clynes Johnson, of Ayr. Panel 15, Column 1. See also
Ayr War Memorial |
| JOHNSON |
Robert
Winn |
Flying
Officer 125525, 104 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Died based at Oudna No1, Tunisia,
2 December 1943. Aged 21. Native of Aigburth, Liverpool. Son of
Joseph and Edith Noel Johnson, of Aigburth, Liverpool. Panel 6,
Column 2. |
| JOHNSTON |
Alexander
Legg |
Flying
Officer 162214, 27 Squadron (S.A.A.F.), Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Hal Far, Malta, in a Lockheed Ventura V, serial number
JS935, when the aircraft was lost without trace during a convoy
escort 13 September 1944. Aged 21. Native of New Deer, Aberdeenshire.
Son of Alexander J. and Mary A. Johnston, of New Deer, Aberdeenshire.
Panel 13, Column 1. |
| JOHNSTON |
James
Hendry |
Warrant
Officer Class II (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) R/101750, 608
Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Country of service Canada.
Killed in action flying out of Blida, Algeria, in a Lockheed Hudson
VI, serial number FK691, when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a convoy escort patrol off the Algerian coast, possibly
shot down by a Ju88, 7 May 1943. Aged 23. Native of Elgin, Ontario,
Canada. Son of Mark Johnston, and of Bessie McKay Johnston, of
Elgin, Ontario, Canada. Panel 10, Column 2. |
| JOHNSTON |
John
Rickerby |
Sergeant
1623800, 70 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Tortorella,
Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE343, when the
aircraft was lost during a raid on Allesandria, Italy, 2 May 1944.
Aged 20. Native of Leeds, Yorkshire. Son of Nellie Johnston, and
stepson of Mr. F. Wakefield, of Leeds, Yorkshire. Panel 15, Column
1. |
| JOHNSTON |
Leslie
Robert |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 426605, 40 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out
of Foggia Main, Italy, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number
LP464, when the aircraft was lost during a raid on the Porto Nuovo
marshalling yards, Verona, 12 October 1944. Aged 22. Native of
Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. Son of David George and Jessie
Joan Johnston; husband of Florence Pearl Johnston, of Lismore,
New South Wales, Australia. Panel 16, Column 2. |
| JOHNSTON |
Percy
Hallowes Wray |
Flying
Officer (Pilot) J/11986, 200 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
Country of service Canada. Killed in action flying out of Yundum,
Gambia, in a Lockheed Hdson IIIA, serial number FH366, when the
aircraft was lost without trace after taking off from Port Etienne,
French West Africa on an Anti-Submarine Warfare escort for a convoy
27 August 1943. Aged 31. Son of Capt. H. W. W. Johnston and Flora
H. Johnston; husband of Hilda M. W. Johnston, of St. James, Manitoba,
Canada. Panel 10, Column 1. |
| JONES |
Ernest
Tatam |
Sergeant
981144, 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Pembroke
Dock, Pembrokeshire, in a Consolidated Catalina I, serial number
AH559, when the aircraft stalled and crashed in Gibraltar Bay
when taking off in heavy seas in the dark for a convoy escort
sortie, two of the crew survived, 4 November 1942. Aged 22. Native
of Holyhead, Anglesey. Son of Ernest Tatam Jones and Katherine
Jane Jones, of Holyhead, Anglesey. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| JONES |
Frank
Thomas |
Sergeant
1593298, 168 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (2 Tactical
Air Force). Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action
based at Odiham, Hampshire, 21 June 1944. Native of Hull, Yorkshire.
Son of Frank Thomas Jones and Evelyn Maud Jones, of Hull. Panel
15, Column 1. |
| JONES |
Geoffrey
Wolfe |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator) 1500254, 142 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Oudna No. 2, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial
number JA137, when his aircraft collided with a Bristol Beaufighter,
serial number V8843, of 219 Squadron, off Bizerte, Tunisia, during
a Nickel leaflet raid over enemy territory in Italy 1 December
1943. Panel 7, Column 2. |
| JONES |
John
Joseph |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1030131, 614 Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Celone, Italy, in a Handley Page
Halifax II, serial number JN943. when the aircraft crashed into
the sea, probably off Rodi, during a raid on railway yards at
Mestre, Italy, after being recalled due to bad weather 20 April
1944. Native of Glasgow. Panel 14, Column 1. |
| JONES |
Norman |
Sergeant
1065998, 221 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country
of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out of Luqa,
Malta, in a Vickers Wellington VIII, serial number HX398, when
the aircraft was lost without trace during a signals intelligence
sortie to the Punta Stilo area of the extreme southern coast of
Italy 2 February 1943. Aged 32. Native of Manchester. Son of William
and Ann Jones, of Manchester. Panel 8, Column 2. |
| JONES |
Ralph |
Flying
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 84905, 39 Squadron, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed in action flying out of Luqa, Malta, in a Bristol Beaufort
IIA, serial number AW350, when the aircraft collided with the
escorting Bristol Beaufighter, serial number T5150, of 227 Squadron,
off Paxos south of Corfu during an anti-shipping strike 22 September
1942. Panel 2, Column 2. |
| JONES |
Ripley
Ogden |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 100520, 126 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Luqa, Malta, in a Supermarine Spitfire VB, serial number
EP341, when the aircraft collided with a Ju88 when making a head-on
attack on a bomber formation during an enemy air raid on Malta
17 October 1942. Panel 2. Column 1. |
| JONES |
Robert
Salisbury |
Sergeant
(Pilot) 1013197, 59 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Thorney Island, Hampshire, in a Lockheed Hdson III, serial
number AE539 (serial unconfirmed), when the aircraft was lost
without trace between Malta and Egypt during a delivery flight
to Singapore, 8 January 1942. Panel 4, Column 1. |
| JONES |
Trevor
William Robert |
Flight
Sergeant (Air Gunner) 407867, 104 Squadron, Royal Australian Air
Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in actionflying out
of Cheria, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington II, serial number
W5564, when the aircraft was hit by naval flak and later ditched
during a raid, drowned when the dinghy was lost, the pilot survived
and was rescued, 8 June 1943. Aged 21. Native of Auburn, South
Australia. Son of James E. and Annie P. Jones, of Auburn, South
Australia. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| JONES |
Tudor
Llewellyn |
Flight
Sergeant 655564, 270 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Apapa, Nigeria, in a Short Sunderland III, serial number DW108,
when the aircraft crashed when landing at Jui, Sierra Leone, 27
September 1944. Aged 25. Native of Bargoed, Glamorganshire. Son
of Llewellyn and Beatrice Jones, of Bargoed, Glamorgan. Panel
14, Column 1. |
| JONES |
William
John Barton |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 1623245, 6 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Canne, Italy, in a Hawker Hurricane IV, serial number KZ553,
when the aircraft was shot down by flak into the sea off Crikvenica
on the Croatian coast opposite Krk Island 2 April 1945. Aged 21.
Native of Bruche, Warrington, Lancashire. Son of William and Margaret
Helen Jones, of Bruche, Warrington, Lancashire. Panel 18, Column
2. |
| JORDAN |
Reginald
Charles |
Group
Captain (Pilot), 126 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Country of service
United Kingdom. Killed whilst flying out of Safi, Malta, in a
Supermarine Spitfire VIII, serial number JF352, when the aircraft
was lost without trace off Malta during an air test 23 June 1943.
Aged 36. Twice Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Native of South
Kensington, London. Son of Robert Charles and Alice Sarah Jordan;
husband of Anne Lougheed Jordan, of South Kensington, London.
B.Sc., Eng. (London). Panel 5. |
| JORGENSEN |
William
Charles |
Warrant
Officer (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 404608, 52 Squadron, Royal
New Zealand Air Force. Country of service New Zealand. Killed
in action flying out of Protville I, Tunisia, in a Martin Baltimore
IIIA, serial number FA2000, when the aircraft was lost without
trace during a reconnaissance patrol of the Italian coast north
of Citavecchia 5 August 1943. Aged 23. Native of Takaponi, Auckland,
New Zealand. Son of William John and Frances Rose Jorgensen, of
Takaponi, Auckland, New Zealand. Panel 12, Column 2. |
| JOUBERT |
Petrus
Jacobus |
Warrant
Officer Class I 328467V, 26 Squadron, South African Air Force.
Country of service South Africa. Killed in action flying out of
Takoradi, Gold Coast, in a Vickers Wellington XI, serial number
HZ525, when his aircraft had to ditch following an engine failure,
the pilot survived, 4 March 1944. Aged 19. Native of Pokwani,
Cape Province, South Africa. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Joubert, of
Pokwani, Cape Province, South Africa. Panel 17, Column 2. |
| JOWERS |
Albert |
Flight
Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 411788, 142 Squadron,
Royal Australian Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed
in action flying out of Blida, Algeria, in a Vickers Wellington
III, serial number DF691. when the aircraft was lost without trace
during a raid on the docks at Bizerta, Tunisia, possibly shot
down near the target, 23 February 1943. Aged 20. Native of Dungog,
New South Wales, Australia. Son of Albert Joseph and Barbara Jowers,
of Dungog, New South Wales, Australia. Panel 11, Column 2. |
| JOWETT |
Ronald
Rolfe |
Flight
Sergeant 627885, 15 Operational Training Unit, Royal Air Force.
Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying out
of Harwell, Oxon, in a Vickers Wellington IC, serial number Z8730,
when the aircraft crashed into the sea during a delivery flight
from Malta to Egypt on behalf of the Overseas Aircraft Delivery
Unit (O.A.D.U.) 1 July 1941. Panel 1, Column 2. |
| JOWLING |
Frederick
Ernest Wambey |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 101572, 153 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom. Killed in action flying
out of Reghaia, Algeria, in a bristol beaufighter, when his aircraft
was shot down by return fire after shooting down a Ju88 10 January
1944. Native of West Ealing, Middlesex. Son of Frederick Samuel
Jowling, and of Ada Jowling, of West Ealing, Middlesex. Panel
13, Column 1. |
| JOYCE |
Alan
Francis |
Flight
Sergeant (Navigator/Bomber) 417848, 148 Squadron, Royal Australian
Air Force. Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying
out of Brindisi, Italy, in a Handley Page Halifax II, serial number
JP239, when his aircraft crashed into the sea north of Corsica
following an engine fire when returning from a Special Operations
drop in northern Italy, one of the crew survived, 30 July 1944.
Aged 25. Native of Unley, South Australia. Son of Arthur and Eliza
May Joyce, of Unley, South Australia. Diploma of Commerce. Panel
16, Column 2. |
| JUDD |
Trevor
Macleay |
Flight
Sergeant (Pilot) 420621, 104 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.
Country of service Australia. Killed in action flying out of Hani
West, Tunisia, in a Vickers Wellington X, serial number HE611,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a raid on Perugia
airfield about 85 miles north of Rome 30 October 1943. Aged 21.
Born and resident Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia. Son of
Stewart Armine Judd and Annie Florence Judd, of Kempsey, New South
Wales, Australia. Dairy farming in civilian employment. Panel
11, Column 2. |
| JUDE |
William |
Corporal
(Police) 1071061, Headquarters Provost & Security Unit, Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Country of service United Kingdom.
Killed while flying in an Avro Lancaster I, serial number PD383,
when the aircraft was lost without trace during a trooping flight
off Corsica in bad weather while en route from Italy to United
Kingdom in a 300 Squadron aircraft 5 November 1945. Native of
Leamington, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Son of Thomas and Mary Jude; husband
of Eleanor Jude, of Leamington, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Panel 19, Column
1. |
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