Lisle, John Brown (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-April-20

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Birth Date: 1911-August-05

Born:

Home: Columbus, Ohio, USA

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

30 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Ventre A Terre All out

Base

Ratmalana, Ceylon

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Flight Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/67604

Home
Google MapColumbus, Ohio, USA
Final Burial
Google MapBorella General Cemetery
Plot R Row K Grave 12A

30 Squadron (Ventre A Terre) was based at Ratmalana, Ceylon (now Sri lanka)To protect coastal shipping . . FS. Lisle was flying Hurricane IIB aircraft BG 916 on a squadron exercise and entered the slipstream of another aircraft. His aircraft went into a dive at 800 feet and he was killed when he crashed into a lake near Moratura .

From rafcommands website:"Flew into slipstream, turned over and dived into lake from 800 feet, exploded in flames. aircraft crashed three feet of water. Engine and cockpit buried deep. Pilot body recovered and buried at Kanatta Colombo. Five aircraft had taken off to practice formation flying and all went well until Flight Sergeant J.B. Lisle in BG916 appreared to turn into the slipstream of another aircraft. This caused his Hurricane to turn over and enter a dive from which Lisle was unable to recover. His aircraft crashed into a lake, bursting info flames as it hit shallow water about 10 yards from the shore"".

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Hurricane serial: BG916

Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc.
Source BBMF

The Hawker Hurricane is a single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s"“1940s that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). The Hurricane developed through several versions, as bomber-interceptors, fighter-bombers, and ground support aircraft in addition to fighters. Versions designed for the Navy were popularly known as the Sea Hurricane, with modifications enabling their operation from ships. Some were converted to be used as catapult-launched convoy escorts. By the end of production in July 1944, 14,487 Hurricanes had been completed in Britain and Canada.

A major manufacturer of the Hurricane was Canadian Car and Foundry at their factory in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario. The facility's chief engineer, Elsie MacGill, became known as the "Queen of the Hurricanes". The initiative was commercially led rather than governmentally, but was endorsed by the British government; Hawker, having recognized that a major conflict was all but inevitable after the Munich Crisis of 1938, drew up preliminary plans to expand Hurricane production via a new factory in Canada. Under this plan, samples, pattern aircraft, and a complete set of design documents stored on microfilm, were shipped to Canada; the RCAF ordered 20 Hurricanes to equip one fighter squadron and two more were supplied to Canadian Car and Foundry as pattern aircraft but one probably did not arrive. The first Hurricane built at Canadian Car and Foundry was officially produced in February 1940. As a result, Canadian-built Hurricanes were shipped to Britain to participate in events such as the Battle of Britain. Canadian Car and Foundry (CCF) was responsible for the production of 1,451 Hurricanes. Wikipedia and Harold A Skaarup Web Page


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